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TIL That Gene Hackman was the first choice for Mike Brady on the Brady Bunch. He was later rejected in favor of Robert Reed.

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P1Vdw TIL that president Teddy Roosevelt was shot in the chest while giving a speech in 1912,but instead of going to the hospital, he insisted on finishing the speech first. He talked for over 80 minutes with a bullet lodged in his ribs, saying, It takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose. Absolute mad!
oRD1E TIL in 2017 a woman sold a lunar collection bag (used during the Apollo 11 mission) with moon dust embedded within it for $1.5m. She had bought it for $995 after it was accidentally put up for auction. When she sent it in for testing, NASA had refused to give it back. However, a judge sided with her
oBplW TIL about David Gates, former member of 70’s soft rock band Bread, who studied the cattle ranching business while touring with his band. He married his highschool sweetheart, raised four children with her and is currently retired in his 1,400-acre (570 ha) ranch in Mount Vernon, Washington.
8aQ7X TIL that Czechoslovakian car company, Tatra, sued Ferdinand Porsche for patent infringement, due to similarity in design between the VW Beetle and the Tatra V570. Hitler said he would "solve his problem," subsequently invading Czechoslovakia in 1938. The lawsuit was dropped soon after.
rRrXx TIL that perhaps the biggest reason Europeans had such an easy time settling the Americas was that they carried diseases such as smallpox, influenza, and measles. These were novel to the natives and eventually reduced their populations by as much as 90%, making conquest easier for the Europeans.