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TIL Michael Bay was under consideration to direct the movie Phone Booth (2002), but he was removed from consideration after the first question he had about the script was, "OK, how do we get this thing out of the damn telephone booth?"

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ADoO7 TIL Televangelist Shepherd Bushiri (net worth $150 million) is the richest man in the Malawi, one of poorest country in the world.
1aWNX TIL that when you get a sunburn, it's not your skin cells being damaged by the sun's UV rays and dying, it's your skin cells' DNA being damaged by the sun's UV rays making the cells kill themselves to prevent turning into cancer
neA87 TIL that the two longest living cats on record, Grandpa Rex Allen and Crème Puff, lived to ages 34 and 38, respectively. They were different breeds, completely unrelated, but both were owned by the same man, Jake Perry.
MepvA TIL that currently only two nations operate naval vessels classed as "cruisers": the United States and Russia, and in both cases the vessels are primarily armed with guided missiles.
nX7o TIL that in 1999 the founders of Google actually tried to sell their website to Excite for $1 million- Excite turned them down.