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TIL that Frank Sinatra was offered the lead role in Die Hard

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mxdpE TIL that Macaulay Culkin, the actor from home alone, legally changed his middle name to Macaulay Culkin after an internet poll was held. Making his name Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin.
6Er5Z TIL that in 1969, Yoko Ono directed the film Self-Portrait, which consisted of a single 42 minute shot of John Lennon’s semi erect penis.
GYVWG TIL Bill Haast began extracting snake venom at 15 years old. He founded the Miami Serpentarium and injected himself with venom for 60+ years. His blood was used to save 21 snakebite victims. He created a venom serum to cure polio. He was bitten over 170 times and lived to be 100.
j6e9j TIL that the Russian space program (from the 1960s to the 1980s) was the first to not only land a probe on another planet (Venus) but also photograph it
m5RO TIL Buttload is an unit of measurement