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TIL that Liam Neeson turned down playing James Bond in ‘95 because “he has never been interested in starring in action movies.”

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4XaJN TIL that the Krakatoa explosion that occurred over two centuries ago was the loudest sound ever recorded in history.
oReQK TIL Bananas Are Berries, But Strawberries Aren’t!
6XMZ TIL If you order your steak well-done in a restaurant you are more likely to get low-quality, throw-away meat.
lo675 TIL: 27 years ago, Sinead O'Connor tore up the pope's picture on national TV. When performing a cover of Marley's "War" on SNL, rewriting a few of the lyrics to address child abuse. As she finished the song she produced and tore to shreds a photograph of the Pope shouting, "Fight the real enemy!"
8aV7V TIL about the high levels of PTSD in low-income, urban neighborhoods in the United States. A sample of 1900 patients in Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital found that 87.8% of the sample suffered at least one-lifetime traumatic event, and the lifetime prevalence of PTSD was 46.2%.