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TIL David Tennant was almost cast as Dr.Hannibal Lecter in NBC ¨Hannibal¨, the last two candidate being him and Mads Mikkelsen.

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loMWN TIL that most of the US bankruptcies are caused by health problems.
QJmmL TIL that during the Soviet imposed agricultural collectivization of 1932-33, an estimated 5.7-8.7 million people died from starvation, the vast majority of which were from Ukraine (4-7 million). This led to the event being called the Holodomor, which means “to kill by starvation.”
9wAbM TIL: the majority of sold/produced oysters have an extra set of chromosomes making them sterile.
X98r TIL that more than 1,000 experts, including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, have signed an open letter urging a global ban on AI weapons systems
n7Nr TIL The pharma company Merck developed a drug called Ivermectin to treat river blindness. They donate it to 3rd world countries that can’t afford it, and sell it to farmers to treat worms in their animals. It has helped save millions of lives.