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TIL Danny DeVito Turned Down The Seinfeld Role Of George Costanza

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mxnDo TIL about a Siberian Husky named Togo, he led his dog team on the 1925 Serum Run (bringing meds to stop a Diptheria epidemic), in -40°C weather. They set the record for longest distance and fastest team to do the run. However a dog named Balto received all the praise, including a statue.
4XyNg TIL The oubliette of Leap Castle in Ireland was discovered to have had over 150 skeletons and may have been in use as recently as the mid-1800s.
Z8KOa TIL that in the needles of the Pinus flexilis live bacteria that are capable of fixing nitrogen from the air.
KOlX4 TIL Jawed Karim created Youtube because he couldn't find video of Janet Jackson's boob after the Superbowl "nipplegate" controversy.
7boO TIL that for the Toad Houses in Super Mario Bros. 3, it never actually matters which box you open, as they are all rigged to contain the same item. (Which item it is, though, may be random, depending on which house you’re in.)