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TIL OJ Simpson was considered and rejected for the role of The Terminator because he was considered “not believable as a killer”

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b91aQ TIL of Ryan Arnold, a man who saved his older brother’s life by donating him two thirds of his liver. Unfortunately, he died a few days after surgery while his brother got better.
Bgyvr TIL that Wimbledon umpires learn a vast array of swear words in many different languages in order to flag ,and subsequently fine, any athlete to break the no swearing rule.
gMmVX TIL the Daughters of the Confederacy has a children's auxiliary. The Children of the Confederacy is dedicated to teaching blood descendants of Confederate soldiers the glory of the Lost Cause and that slave owners were quite nice really.
Wk7Ao TIL Thomas Jefferson believed Jesus's teachings were "the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man," but that they had been appropriated by his followers, resulting in a Bible that contained both "diamonds of wisdom" and the "dung" of ancient political agendas.
5kyQ TIL 77 million Americans are served by water systems that violate testing requirements or rules about contamination in drinking water