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TIL Ryan Gosling turned down the opportunity to be in the Backstreet Boys before they became big.

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D1ljv TIL Pfizer seized the homes of a poor neighborhood in New London, Connecticut in 2000 to build a new research facility. Long after the homes were bulldozed, Pfizer abandoned its plans, leaving behind a wasteland.
69Q4J TIL that US Government employees are formally banned from napping at work
BAWe TIL The wife of L. Ron Hubbard consulted doctors who recommended he “be committed to a private sanatorium for psychiatric observation and treatment of a mental ailment known as paranoid schizophrenia.” Thereafter, Hubbard criticised psychiatry as a “barbaric and corrupt profession”.
yV5Y8 TIL the term log comes from determining the speed of a ship. A "log" was put into water tied to a rope and they measured "knots" to see how far they traveled. A person who timed things would write down the measurements in a notebook. This is why it is called a "log" book.
1a1X4 TIL In the 90’s Sitcom Family Matters Steve Urkle (Jaleel White) was only suppose to appear in just one episode of Family Matters (More Details In Thread)