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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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d8vQ TIL that the earliest known surviving pair of cloth socks was designed for sandals.
bVoZ TIL Cocoa beans were used as currency in Mayan and Aztec societies and 10 beans could buy a prostitute and 100 beans for a slave.
mxQgR TIL about 18th century thai king Suriyenthrathibodi , who was nicknamed the tiger king for his appalling private life and his acts of cruelty.
0oGR TIL that Astrid Lindgren, the author of Pippi Longstocking, at one point paid a marginal tax rate of 102%. She nevertheless supported the Social Democratic Party responsible for the tax rate her whole life.