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TIL The Great Wall of China was reinforced with rice

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neyQG TIL Breaking Bad executives were initially wary of casting Bryan Cranston as Walter White, and so offered the role to John Cusack and Matthew Broderick, who both turned it down.
M7Mra TIL about Tuviah Friedman, a Nazi Hunter who contributed to the capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960.
p0A8 TIL Weird Al Yankovic’s song “The Saga Begins”, which is about the plot of Star Wars Episode I, was mostly composed from internet spoilers before the movies release.
8ax98 TIL about Gulf War Illness: Over 1/3 of the veterans that served in the Gulf War experience the same horrendous symptoms, all caused by chemicals the US chose to expose them to. 7,424 of 7,845 claims of GW veterans were denied between 1994 and 1996 - and it's still hard for them to get a diagnosis.
VaVG TIL that US Government agencies (CIA, FBI, Naval Intelligence) have recruited the American Mafia multiple times in order to reach their goals. A couple examples are defending the New York harbor during WWII and attempts at assassinating Fidel Castro in the 1960’s.