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TIL Mel Brooks offered the role of Waco Kid (Gene Wilder's character) in Blazing Saddles to John Wayne.

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Jo68 TIL a man named Khattab led several successful guerrilla attacks against Russian forces in the Chechen wars. After the war, he survived multiple assassination attempts by Russian secret service, including one where he was shot with a sniper rifle. Eventually he died to a letter filed with poison.
GAo6J TIL that the testicles of bulls are crushed to prevent then from mating and reducing their aggression so their meat has beeter marbeling and they can be used as oxen for agricultural purposes.
YpWBd TIL officially recognised as a religion, & originally started as a mixture of Hindu and Buddhist beliefs, Aum Shinrikyo gradually became a doomsday cult, convinced that World War3 was coming. It became increasingly violent, killing opponents, & killing 12 in a sarin attack on Tokyo underground.
kJkNm TIL today marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Rwandan Genocide, when 1 million people were killed in 100 days
9YVop TIL that the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in caves in the Judaean Desert from 1945-1956 in 11 caves contain 981 different manuscripts having great historical & religious significance as they include the 2nd oldest manuscripts included in the Hebrew Bible along with extra-biblical manuscripts.