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TIL Mark Mothersbaugh was offered the role of Doc Brown in Back to the Future before Christopher Lloyd

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xGp7 TIL only 9 US military officers have held the 5-star rank. It was created during WW2 because US officers were often commanding allied officers of higher rank. A 5-star officer cannot retire and remains on active duty for life. It was retired in 1981 on the death of General Omar Bradley.
xVD4g TIL There are at least 3 companies operating under some form of the name WHATABURGER or What-A-Burger. There is the Texas based company, Virginia based, and a third based in the Carolinas. They sued each other in the early 2000's and a result of the lawsuits was that all 3 could keep using the name.
78AQZ TIL of the Isochrone Curve - a shape with unique properties. If you drop two balls along the curve at different points, they will reach the midpoint at exactly the same time.
XEORX TIL that along with over 4000 tons of Gold, the US Government also stores millions of dollars worth of opium at Fort Knox.
awVeM TIL About half of the US Presidents have been bilinguals or polyglots.