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TIL that the character of Sam Malone in TV sitcom CHEERS, early in the casting process comedian Bill Cosby was considered. The role went to Ted Danson in the end.

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j6Bjn TIL that since April 2021 MOXIE has been successfully making oxygen from mars atmosphere, and was able to produce oxygen on seven experimental runs, in a variety of atmospheric conditions, including during day and night, and through different Martian seasons.
ap9J TIL: That an estimated (more than) one million people in the world can see today because of initiatives instigated by Frederick “Fred” Cossom Hollows, AC (9 April 1929 – 10 February 1993), a New Zealand and Australian ophthalmologist
J1L6B TIL there have only been 2 presidents in the history of the United States who were prosecutors prior to entering the Office: James Knox Polk (1845-1849) and William McKinley (1897-1901).
wLwyM TIL Salvador Dalí had a pet ocelot named Babou.
vPBb7 TIL about the "Hatpin Panic" of the early 1900s, during which some states (and other regions) started regulating the length of hatpins worn in public