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TIL that John Travolta turned down the role of Forrest Gump and lost the roles of Benjamin Button, Maverick in Top Gun, and John Rambo

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bmvj TIL The Woman Who Falsely Accused Duke Lacrosse Players of Raping Her is Currently in Prison For Murdering Her Boyfriend in 2013
W7dld TIL that nuclear bomb survivors in Japan (Hibakusha) were extremely societally discriminated against when searching a spouse or a job, due to the public considering them contagious or “damaged”.
6e8Z TIL: Ben Franklin attempted to abolish slavery in 1790
wlO6 TIL the modern “debate” about vaccines and autism began after Adnrew Wakefield falsified data and sought to profit from it… Because of this, he has been stripped of his medical license and innocent children have died due to his lies…
mOvO TIL in 1992, the Grateful Dead read an article about poverty threatening to keep newly-independent Lithuania’s basketball team out of the Olympics. The Dead funded the team. The tie-dye-uniformed Lithuanian’s won the bronze medal.