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TIL that Mike Myers turned down Liar Liar to do Austin Powers, and Jim Carrey turned down Austin Powers to do Liar Liar

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LejP TIL that Ernest Hemingway was a fantastic cook famed for his pan-fried hamburgers and bacon wrapped trout.
Oodog TIL Ore-Ida invented tater tots to make use of the leftover potato shavings from their French fries production.
DbZr TIL no voter in India has to travel more than 2km to reach a polling station, even remote voters in the mountains or deep in the jungle
lDKG TIL that an attribution to Adolph Hitler’s irrational behavior was his daily usage of methamphetamine, barbiturates, amphetamines, opiates and cocaine.
orxK TIL in the 1930s, penicillin was so precious that it was re-extracted from the urine of patients to conserve every last bit of it.