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TIL Tim Russ - who later went on to play Tuvok on Star Trek Voyager had originally auditioned to play Newman on Seinfeld

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LQWBr TIL that reindeer make a sound with ligaments snapping across bone in their legs that is believed to allow them to hear each other in foul weather and respond to threats.
OLmY TIL that in 2006, it took Akira Haraguchi, a retired Japanese engineer, 16 hours to recite the first 100,000 digits of pi from memory only. To prove that the exercice was legitimate, everything was filmed, even his trips to the toilet. Despite this, he has yet to receive a Guinness World Record.
600m TIL that a 14 year old teenager has written a letter to the government explaining how they can save around $400 million on ink by simply changing the font on their documents.
x8wD TIL that an Icelandic MP arranged for the relocation of a 30-ton boulder, which he believes is home to three generations of elves that saved his life in a serious car accident with that rock.
mxQ8Y TIL 1000 Italians played a Foo Fighters song to convince them to do a concert in their small town