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TIL Henry Cavill was close to being cast as James Bond, Cedric Diggory, Edward Cullen and a 2004 version of Superman.

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6XkJ TIL the actress who voices ‘Bubbles’ from 'The Powerpuff Girls’ also plays Timmy Turner/Poof, Ben 10, Raven, Princess Clara/Toot, Dil Pickles, Truffles, plus many more video game characters including Rikku from FFX and Harley Quinn from Batman: Arkham City.
OJLg TIL that Oklahoma has two official “state vegetables” - Corn and Watermelon - neither of which are actually vegetables.
kpk7 TIL that in North Carolina, non-linear models which predict sea rise due to climate change are banned by law
BgaYx TIL in 2008 the US Border Patrol spent $8.4 Million to sponsor a Nascar driver to boost agency recruitment.
Yp1Xx TIL that during the beginning of invention of electric appliances. They experimented with electric tablecloths. You could basically plug in an outlet anywhere on the table and the lightbulb would light up. Only downside was that you couldn’t spill any liquids on it