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TIL: Two different comics introducing 'Dennis the Menace' went on sale on the same day in the US and UK, and they are not the same character!

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mxaBO TIL the directors of Uncut Gems, did not want to cast Kevin Garnett because they were "sick Knick fan, my instinct when I saw Kevin’s name was, ‘I hate him. I don’t want him anywhere near my movie,’". After it did not work out with Kobe Bryant, Joel Embiid and Amare Stoudemire they stuck with KG.
9wPWQ TIL that 80% of Army personnel records of soldiers discharged from November 1, 1912 to January 1, 1960 were lost in a fire at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in 1973. No duplicate copies of these records were ever maintained, nor were microfilm copies produced.
KnaB TIL that many human ailments, such as lower back pain, hernias, prolapsed uteruses and our susceptibility to sinus infections result directly from the fact that we now walk upright with a body that was shaped to walk on all fours.
X7RP TIL that the series Harry Potter was the most banned book so far of the 21st century
Ajog TIL because Windows XP’s wallpaper was costlier than FedEx’s insurance, Microsoft had to buy a plane ticket for the photographer to personally deliver it to Seattle