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TIL the producers of Who Framed Roger Rabbit rejected Tim Curry's audition for Judge Doom because he was "too terrifying."

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grMED TIL that The Secret Life of Pets 2 was released the same weekend as X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Pets outperformed X-Men, making it the first time an X-Men film did not top the box office the week of its release.
R5Jll TIL that baby-cut carrots (commonly referred to as baby carrots) are made from misshapen or broken full-sized carrots that are unmarketable, and were first introduced in 1986 as a way o reduce food waste. They're cut into 2-inch sections, shaped, and peeled to give them their appearance
wLOpW TIL French Canadian Private Leo Major single-handedly liberated the entire city of Zwolle from German occupation in WWII - and in one night.
DQaYe TIL A 30 year old woman in Nazi occupied Norway was struck by shrapnel and developed a strong German accent causing her to be shunned in the first recorded case of Foreign Accent Syndrome.
epkZn TIL Robert Wadlow was the tallest person in history at 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in) tall.