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TIL Peter Berg & “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan wrote a script titled “Tonight he Comes” about a superhero who could not make love because his ejaculate would kill a woman. Vince Gilligan left to create “Breaking Bad”, and Berg took over the original script, which eventually became “Hancock.”

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peWQ TIL that the “Galileo” space probe was intentionally crashed into Jupiter at the end of its operational life to avoid contaminating Jupiter’s moons with bacteria.
kQOg TIL That Julius Caesar’s last words were not “Et tu, Brute?” but were actually “Kai su, teknon?” which translates to “You too, child?” Happy Ides of March!
GAX7j TIL the lowest reported body mass index (BMI) ever recorded was only 6.7 kg/m²
QNWQX TIL of Mills Darden whose confirmed height was 7’6 (229 cm) and weighed around 860-1,020 lbs (390 to 460 kg). He was capable of tossing 500-pound (230 kg) piles of hay with ease and single-handedly carried 12 feed sacks (1200lb, 544kg, 85 stone) over 1.2 miles (1.9 km).
4k6ng TIL Groucho Marx was back in vogue in 1972, and performed at Carnegie Hall, where he reminisced of his nearly 70 years in show biz. A double album record was remarkably successful, Grammy nominated, and placed in the Library of Congress. His accompanist was an then unknown Marvin Hamlisch.