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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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v1ovR TIL A Japanese franchise plays certain songs in their stores if it's busy, if it's raining, if there is a robbery, or if there is a bomb
M7er0 TIL about the Rotogravure, an 125-year old rotary printing press technique still used for pictures, postcards, and cardboard products.
kOJMd TIL during the exceptionally cold winter of 1795, a French Hussar regiment captured the Dutch fleet on the frozen Zuiderzee, a bay to the northwest of the Netherlands. The French seized 14 warships and 850 guns. This is one of the only times in recorded history where calvary has captured a fleet.
D5lg TIL “Bookkeeper” and “bookkeeping” are the only words in the English language with three consecutive sets of double letters without hyphens, while “Subbookkeeper” is the only word found in an English language dictionary with four pairs of double letters in a row.
78G1Z TIL that the French-controlled Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean was named so to pay homage to the meeting of the fédérés of Marseilles and the Paris National Guards. The word réunion in French means meeting rather than reunion.