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TIL Will Ferrell had actively pursued the role of Jerry Buss in the series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty & upon learning of Adam Mckay's decision to cast John C. Reilly instead via a call by Reilly, he was so infuriated that he ended his friendship & professional relationship w/ McKay

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OG7XL TIL Cambodia is probably the only country in the world that went from monarchy to communism and then back to monarchy
xV9b0 TIL Carl Jung was an undercover operative (“Agent 488”) for the allies during World War 2. His commanding officer Allen W. Dulles said that “Nobody will probably ever know how much Prof Jung contributed to the allied cause during the war." Dulles later became the first director of the CIA.
nWl9B TIL about the South African Black Rain Frog that looks like an angry avacado and fills itself up with air to appear rounder, like a pufferfish, when feeling threatened.
0dMxA TIL about Garderobe, Toilets in a Medieval Castle that were usually built into the walls, like a simple hole discharging to the outside into a cesspit (akin to a pit latrine) or the castle moat (like a fish pond toilet). It was believed that ammonia would protect visitors' coats and cloaks from moth
rRKge TIL before the landing of Apollo 14, its landing radar failed to function. Astronauts fixed the problem by turning it off and on again.