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TIL Madonna turned down a role in The Matrix, one of the biggest regrets of her career

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e0NYb TIL Petula Clark caused a stir when she touched the arm of Harry Belafonte during a duet. She refused to destroy the negative and sponsors lost their cool. She and her husband ensured the negatives remained in tact by locking herself in the editing suite and refused to do another take.
vYnj TIL that Da Vinci used to be a comedic genius - by putting fake wings and horns on lizards he’d scare people in the Vatican. He’d also trap people in the corner of rooms by making giant ‘balloons’.
BgZVb TIL The Carrington Event (1859) was the most intense recorded geomagnetic storm, it created auroras globally and lit telegraph stations on fire
yBrJ TIL Japanese railways are among the most punctual in the world, with the average delay of the Tokaido Shinkansen being 0.6 minutes. Delays of over an hour may appear in newspapers and delays caused by suicides often lead to the victims families being sued approximately 1 million yen for the trouble.
wopl6 TIL that Kaffeklubben Island, the northernmost piece of land in the world at 83°39′N latitude, has flowers growing on it