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TIL David Schwimmer was offered the role of J in Men in Black, but turned it down to star in a Gwyneth Paltrow film, saying “This is an opportunity to grow rather than go for the quick cash.” That movie was panned by critics and audiences.

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N7pY8 TIL in the South Korean town of Daesong-dong, residents are exempt from taxes and the mandatory military service in an effort by the government to keep people there despite being only 350m from the N Korean border. However, for security reasons, there is a curfew and headcount at 11pm every night.
XEeQk TIL that Italian author Umberto Eco said that social media "gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community...but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
l78nB TIL that a key reason that Pyramid Schemes are illegal is because of market saturation. If you started a pyramid scheme with 5 people and each person recruited 5 more people, by the 15th tier you would’ve exceeded the entire population of the earth.
RoV6 TIL Franz Kafka published almost nothing during his lifetime, and on his deathbed told his friend to burn all his manuscripts. The friend published everything and Kafka became famous posthumously
OorGX TIL that over 65% of the world's population is lactose intolerant