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TIL OJ Simpson was originally cast to play Terminator, but the studio was afraid that no one would buy him as a remorseless killer.

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Da9r TIL that during WWII Congress imposed an “Excess Profits Tax” to keep corporations from profiteering from war. This is not the case today.
wojxW TIL that unicode contains alchemical symbols (🜁🜂🜃🜄 and 104 more) because Indiana University needed to publish Isaac Newton's alchemical works online and pursued the Unicode foundation to add the symbols to assist it and other researchers working with historical and modern alchemical works
kOn1B TIL Welsh actor Johnathan Pryce played an Argentinian-born head of state twice. As Juan Peron in 'Evita' and Pope Francis in 'The Two Popes'.
kJJMg TIL that by 1935 the life expectancy of an S&P 500 company was 90 years. By 2010, it was only 14 years and shrinking
ANoao TIL Mayans used a base 20 counting system and it is believed they did so because they counted both fingers AND toes.