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TIL Scarlett Johansson auditioned for the lead role in “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,” but was considered too “sexy.” The role went to Rooney Mara instead.

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p8erp TIL During WWII chemists dissolved in acid large Nobel Prize medals with the engraved names of Max von Laue and James Franck to hide them from Germans. Solution of black liquid in two unmarked jars sat on a laboratory shelf. After the war the Nobel Foundation recast them and returned to the owners.
D1bjv [TIL] Australia does not have the most venomous organisms in the world. That goes to Mexico and followed by Brazil. Australia is ranked third.
LkxAd TIL that there is a Maoist Communist Party of China that is banned by the Communist Party of China for being too commuist. The party's main goal is to overthrow the government and have a second marxist revolution
6EVAQ TIL the phrase "Don't Mess with Texas" is actually the slogan of a no-littering campaign
m1ngv TIL during production of the reality show "Teach," Tony Danza did not allow the producers to generate fake drama between himself and the students. As a result, the show was canceled after 7 episodes.