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TIL that before Rob Wietoff was casted as John Marston in Red Dead Redemption. Rockstar wanted to get Clint Eastwood or Robert Redford for the role but they all turned it down

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JYOVl TIL It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion
Eg110 TIL that in 1989, a pilot misunderstood a flight plan, resulting in the plane crashing in the Amazon jungle.
neoyB TIL that French prisoners in the 1700s were granted freedom if they agreed to marry a prostitute and move to Louisiana
GAQ97 TIL the 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation was the largest escape of a group of slaves to occur in the Cherokee Nation, in what was then Indian Territory.
Mej5m TIL Psy, famous for Gangnam Style, stayed up late for about 30 nights to come up with the dance. He had tested various "cheesy" animal-inspired dance moves with his choreographer, including panda and kangaroo moves, before settling for the horse trot, which involves pretending to ride a horse.