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TIL that Eminem was offered the lead role in the film "Elysium" but reportedly turned it down, leading director to instead cast Matt Damon.

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yVDXe TIL the Federated States of Micronesia under-23 national football team participated in the Pacific Games for the first (and only) time in 2015. They lost all three games with 114 total goals scored against them. They scored 0 goals.
mKMx TIL The Nasa did use pencils on their first flights and didn’t spend millions to develop a spacepen
yXWe TIL that Stephen Hawking’s second wife, who was also his nurse, was rumored to have physically and mentally abused him, including refusing him access to a urine bottle so he would be forced to wet himself.
9YB9B TIL about Kit Musgrave, a Royal Navy officer who survived the torpedoing of three different British cruisers within one hour on one very bad day in 1914. He survived WW I. He re-enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1939 as Britain entered WW II. He again survived and lived another 50 years.
Me6oA TIL that not all people have an inner dialogue/monologue .