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TIL Tobey Maguire expressed concerns about his back problems preventing him from starring in Spider-Man 2, but when the studio secured Jake Gyllenhaal to replace him, Maguire recovered, and the sequel was shot without Gyllenhaal. Both actors later starred together in Brothers (2009).

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LkYvv TIL George Orwell's 1984 was heavily inspired in terms of themes and plot by Russian Yevgeny Zamyatin's 'We', an anti-utopian book which Orwell has stated had a great impact on him. The book was written 26 years before Orwell's 1984 but looks critical acclaim it deserves.
4XVWJ TIL of the International Debutante Ball. A biennial, invitation only event hosted in the NYC Waldorf Astoria hotel that presents well-connected young ladies from upper class families to high society. The participation fee alone starts from $22,000.
kbm1 TIL the US Navy shot down an Iranian passenger plane in 1988, killing all 290 people on board. The US government has never apologized or acknowledged wrongdoing.
R57W8 TIL analysis of fish caught in giant water surges occurring immediately following the meteorite impact which caused the KPG extinction event, ending non-avian dinosaurs, show this may have happened in boreal spring; austral autumn—contributing to the death of species coming out of hibernation
X0QDQ TIL that news of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's successful ascent of Everest in 1953 was one of the last major news events delivered to the world by runner.