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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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oBLML TIL that Bennett Foddy, the man who developed the popular video games QWOP and Getting Over It, was the original bassist for the well known synth-pop band Cut Copy, before conducting postdoctoral research in moral philosophy at both Princeton University and Oxford University
10y7 TIL in 1910, when asked how much vacation time a worker should take annually, President Taft recommended 3 months
N77oP Short answer: Yes, but they’re pretty much illegal
X0XNR TIL that David Carradine died in a hotel room in Bangkok, the reported result of autoerotic asphyxiation - the intentional restriction of oxygen for sexual pleasure. His family and agent believed that Carradine was murdered.
4XVOJ TIL more than 30 countries sell citizenship or residence permits for cash. In Thailand, the cost is $10,000, while fast-track residence in the UK requires $10m.