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TIL Jim Carrey was offered to be the eighth doctor of Doctor Who, but he declined the role. He felt he would cause outrage amongst Doctor Who fans if the role wasn’t played by a fan

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awmxb TIL the creator of the SAT said the test would "prove the superiority of the white race"
P116J TIL Dame Judi Dench was in The Chronicles of Riddick, because Vin Diesel wanted to work with her. The writers has to re-create a role to fit her: Aereon, an Elemental alien ambassador. She called filming "tremendous fun", though she "had absolutely no idea what was going on in the plot"
7kWb TIL that Superman would have entered public domain on 1 January 2014 if copyright terms in the United States had not been extended in the late 1990s.
VWQZ TIL That men were more likely than women to be upset by sexual infidelity and less likely to be upset by emotional infidelity.
R5Mo4 TIL the Toyota Camry is named after the Kanmuri, the long hat traditionally worn only by Japanese Emperor and other aristocrats