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TIL in 2008, Johnny Depp told Beavis & Butt-head creator Mike Judge he was interested in playing Beavis for a live-action film. Depp and Marlon Brando would riff on the B&B characters while filming Don Juan DeMarco. Judge said he considered the idea of a live-action B&B, but nothing came of it.

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8aNQV TIL the world's first microprocessor was built in 1968 for the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet (featured in the cinema classic "Top Gun"), and was kept classified until 1998
dwM9 TIL Benjamin Franklin considered fishing “unprovoked murder” and refused to eat them, until he witnessed smaller fish in cod stomachs on a trip to New York, after which he reasoned “ if you eat one another, I don’t see why I mayn’t eat you…”
Bry4e TIL George V during the 1926 General Strike criticised the government for calling the strikers "revolutionaries" and said "Try living on their wages before you judge them"
R5WJw TIL one species of spider beetle can survive temperatures of up to 56 degrees Celsius.
mxjKv TIL the first recorded pizza delivery was in 1889 to Queen Margherita of Savoy. Reportedly, she was tired of courtly fare and requested a local peasant meal; they delivered a white, green, and red pie to symbolize the newly unified Italy's flag. She called it "delicious" and the rest is history.