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TIL that elephants can purr

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9VBD TIL Nicholas Cage was offered the role of Aragon in the first Lord of the Rings film but turned it down due to ‘family obligations’
BbaD TIL that Pope John Paul II sent a letter to a US leader asking not to invade Iraq. When the Cardinal arrived he handed this letter to the President. He places this letter on a table without opening or reading it then told the cardinal that he, the president, “was convinced it was God’s will”.
P1nKV TIL there are freshwater jellyfish in nearly every state in the USA and there have been since the early 1900s
78gbr TIL Montaigne's father, a wealthy french noble, had his son live with a family of peasants until the age of 3 so he would learn their life conditions. He then had everyone speak latin to him so it was his first language and taught him greek though games and activities instead of studying books
1EJD TIL: Scientists used the frozen sperm from a Black-Footed Ferret who had been dead for 20 years to successfully produce offspring. The Black-Footed Ferret is a critically endangered species.