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TIL Jordan Peele was initially offered the role of the Poop emoji in The Emoji Movie, ultimately leading him to take a voluntary retirement from acting. The part subsequently went to Sir Patrick Stewart.

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paDe TIL a 66 year old man went to the hospital because of stomach pain, to discover he had been a woman his whole life.
9Y0XB TIL: The US recognizes the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, an international consensus. However, 10 individual US states passed bills "recognizing" the territory's claim to independence, but also 2 US states officially recognize the territory as Azerbaijani territory.
KnXJ TIL Canadian Athlete and amputee, Terry Fox, stricken with cancer, ran across Canada to raise awareness for Cancer research. He ran an astounding 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles) before having to stop due to his ailments.
7dGr TIL the CIA had an operation called “Acoustic Kitty” in which they surgically implanted a bugging device into a cat, only to have it being squashed by a taxi on it’s first mission. The project was cancelled shortly after, having cost about $25M or over $185M adjusted for inflation.
oBj9A TIL: In his college days, Steve Wozniak used a blue box (an illegal phone hacking device) to call the Vatican. He pretended to be Henry Kissinger and asked to speak with the Pope but was denied because the Pope was asleep.