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TIL Danny DeVito Turned Down The Seinfeld Role Of George Costanza

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EJlx TIL that the homeopathic flu remedy Oscillococcinum is so diluted that there would need to be 10 to the power of 320 more universes to simply have one molecule of the active substance (duck liver) in the final substance.
OEo6 TIL that China invented fireworks, but Italy gave them color. Colors are created using metallic powders. Calcium makes orange, sodium makes yellow, and barium makes green. Also, cylindrical tubes create whistling sounds, aluminum flakes make hissing noises, and flash powder makes the loud “booms.”
GvRj TIL the Grasshopper mouse is a carnivorous rodent that dines on worms, scorpions, snakes, and even other mice. It also “stalks its prey in the manner of a cat, sneaking up quietly, and defends its territory by ‘howling’ like a small wolf.”
ADval TIL that Train Simulator costs almost $10,000 if you buy it with all the DLCs.
WkY9 TIL that our universe isn’t old enough for any of our red dwarf stars to have become blue dwarfs yet. So blue dwarfs are still theoretical.