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TIL that Tea Leoni turned down the role of Rachel Green on "Friends" to star in her own sitcom, "The Naked Truth"

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lol95 TIL that the CIA was involved in the arrest of Nelson Mandela. They even believed him to be “the world’s most dangerous communist outside of the Soviet Union.”
Zvg4 TIL Steve Wozniak accidentally discovered the first way of displaying color on computer screens, and still to this day does not understand how it works.
dlXd TIL the man who sang “I come from a land Down Under” is, in fact, a Scot
Xd6E TIL that men and women have about the same level of intelligence, but a different distribution. Men have a higher standard deviation, so are spread out on the bell curve. This could possibly explain men’s higher representation in science, leadership, and prestigious roles.
N76MM TIL Facebook played a role in a modern genocide.