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TIL that Shaq turned down the role of John Coffey in The Green Mile. And it worked perfectly for everyone, including us

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QJB8e TIL The scene in Jaws where Matt Hooper is attacked in the cage was actually performed by a 4'9" horse jockey in a smaller cage to make the sharks look bigger.
8aErP TIL that in 1906 Eleanor Roosevelt bought a chicken-wire cage to hang out the window of her New York City townhouse for her first child, Anna, to nap in—a practice known as “airing” for city dwelling children
4XJX TIL in Sweden, you can’t put up a no trespassing sign and anyone can camp on private or government land without asking.
p8XEO TIL: Tides aren’t limited to water. Earth’s land also has tides affected by the Moon. New York City rises and falls 14 inches a day.
xD75 TIL: Plants produce capsaicin to discourage rodents from eating the fruit (and grinding the seeds in the process) but birds can’t detect the chemical and don’t destroy the seeds