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TIL Lindsay Lohan was approached to star in The Hangover. She declined because the screenplay ‘had no potential’

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wLkA8 TIL of Colonel Johnson who publicly ate a basket of tomatoes at the Old Salem County Courthouse in 1820 to demonstrate that they were not poisonous, as was supposedly commonly thought at the time.
4kDDR TIL Rowan Atkinson's role in Love Actually was originally meant to be an Angel, which explains his knowingly helpful appearances.
JYp4v TIL that Doves and Pigeons are the same bird. For example the common pigeon, Columba livia, is called a rock dove or a rock pigeon
O8ER TIL Oregon is the only state in the U.S. that has a two-sided flag.
RB8Q TIL in the Roman Empire, daytime was divided into 12 hours between sunrise and sunset, meaning that the length of hours changed with the seasons.