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TIL that Ellen Degeneres turned down the role of Phoebe on “Friends.”

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N65e TIL that 111-year-old Alexander Imich was a survivor of both the Holocaust and the Soviet gulags. Mr. Imich also became the World’s Oldest Living Man in 2014.
gMJ8b TIL earthlings have emerged so early in the universe that 92% of earth-like planets aren't even born yet. The universe is about 13.8 billion years old and the last star will die after 100 trillion years.
WyW9 TIL that in “the Big Lebowski,” actor Jeff Bridges says the word “man” 147 times. That’s about 1.5 times per minute
yQO5e TIL that Ronnie Van Zant, former Lead singer of Lynryd Skynyrd, told his father "Daddy, I'll never be 30 years old," before dying in a plane crash four months before his 30th birthday.
VBQv8 TIL no one really knows what the H in "Jesus H. Christ" stands for