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TIL that in the live-action movie "Scooby-Doo: The Movie", Tim Curry was originally supposed to play Scooby. He read the script and declined the roll because Scrappy-Doo was going to be in the movie.

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VMWyB All contagious diseases are infectious, but not all infectious diseases are contagious. Contagious diseases are infectious diseases that are easily spread through contact with other people.
mnAp TIL the only compromise for censoring the cover of Nevermind that Kurt Cobain would accept was a sticker covering the baby’s penis that would say, “If you’re offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile.”
LQkLP TIL people in the Middle Ages believed the equator to be impassably hot. Therefore, either Jesus would’ve have to appear separately to the Southern Hemisphere or its natives would be damned to Hell under the beliefs of the time.
XEVB8 TIL about NASA's Project Echo "sateloon" from the 1960's where they launched 100 foot in diameter inflatable reflective orbs into space to use as passive comsat relays.
J47V TIL that Comcast sent bills and eventually collection notices to customers that lost their cable, phone, and internet equipment due to Hurricane Ike. The largest reported charge was $1000, but that bill was reduced to $931 to make up for the interruption of her phone service during the storm.