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TIL that Gary Oldman would have played General Grievous in Star Wars Episode III, but he relinquished the role when he found out George Lucas was using non-union actors.

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QJvnM TIL of civil conscription, the obligation of civilians to perform mandatory labor for the government. For example, in 2019, France established the Service national universel(General National Service), a one month program which is mandatory for all citizens aged 16 to 25.
ZpG4G TIL there used to be an award for Typography in film
oBNMr TIL that Norway has the most Winter Olympic medals of all time (329) with USA behind (282)
0wYnN TIL: Saundra Williams was the first Miss Black America
Vywk TIL baseball player Gates Brown snuck hot dogs into the dugout during a game. Before he could eat them, he was called upon to pinch hit so he stuffed them into his jersey. He ended up having to slide into second base causing ketchup and mustard to smear all over his jersey leading to a $100 fine.