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TIL Henry Winkler, Carrie Fisher, Elvis Presley all turned down roles in the 1978 movie Grease; Andy Warhol was prevented from appearing in it.

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XZED TIL a mineraloid glass, Fulgurite, is created when lightning strikes sand - otherwise known as Petrified Lightning.
oBpj8 TIL Mammoth Ivory trade is almost totally unregulated and undocumented, this is not easily distinguishable from elephant ivory and thus there is tangible risk of illegal international trade in elephant ivory being being deliberately mislabeling as mammoth ivory.
PdwL TIL that in 1994, an American figure skater hired a hitman to smash the leg of her main rival.
RyJa TIL McDonald’s paid Justin Timberlake an estimated $6 million dollars to sing ba-da-ba-ba-bah as part of their I’m loving it as campaign.
Yald TIL that 3 guys tried to sell Coca-Cola’s secrets to Pepsi, and Pepsi contacted the FBI.