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TIL that Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman and, even briefly, Burt Reynolds were all considered for the role of R.P. McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" before the part was given to Jack Nicholson.

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d85rQ TIL Richard Kuhn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins". Kuhn collaborated with high-ranking Nazi officials, denounced Jewish co-workers in 1936, and is no longer considered a suitable role model by the Society of German Chemists
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