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TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger was not too keen on playing the Terminator in the 1984 film "The Terminator". He wanted to play Kyle Reese, the good guy. When asked about his casting as Terminator, he said "Oh some shit movie I'm doing" and its "Low profile" enough to not damage his career.
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Submitted June 04, 2019 at 02:12PM by sersleepsalot1
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TIL tooth enamel is harder than steel. It's composed of mineralised calcium phosphate, which is the single hardest substance any living being can produce. Your tooth enamel is harder than a lobster's shell or a rhino's horn.
http://bit.ly/1ghkoFI

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 02:54PM by YMF47
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TIL for millennia Autism and other sudden disabilities was explained by the Changeling folklore. A fairy or demon would steal a normal baby and replace them with their own child in disguise. The Changeling would cry, scream, not display social behavior, or just become completely unresponsive.
http://bit.ly/1KyFo7L

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 01:16PM by reachling
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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger beat O.J. Simpson for the role of the Terminator because Simpson wasn't "menacing" enough to play a killer.
http://bit.ly/2W9r8h3

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 05:44PM by CreativePhilosopher
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TIL In the US you generally buy a cemetery spot for life and not just rent it until you stop renewing it anymore as is custom in many other other parts of the world
https://n.pr/31bvw35

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 04:12PM by Pesty-knight_ESBCKTA
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TIL the screaming at Beatles concerts was so loud that no one could hear them play—not even the Beatles themselves. It led them to stop playing live performances entirely, retreat to the studio, and ultimately create albums like Sgt. Pepper with no concern for performing any of the songs live.
http://bit.ly/1CRZDwO

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 06:29PM by Pupikal
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TIL: During the time of the Great Depression, a banker convinced struggling families in Quincy, Florida to buy Coca-Cola shares which traded at $19. Later, the town became the single richest town per capita in the US with at least 67 millionaires.
http://bit.ly/2EOHdmn

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 07:55PM by Hafnium67
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TIL that after 9/11, Clear Channel Communications (which is now iHeartRadio) sent out a list of 165 songs they heavily discouraged playing, including the entire discography for Rage Against The Machine.
http://bit.ly/2BdpWl8

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 06:04PM by BurntRussian
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TIL In Australia, the Shadow Minister for Justice at one point was the Representative for Batman. Batman is an electoral division in Melbourne.
http://bit.ly/2HWBIUV

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 08:42PM by regoapps
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TIL a filmmaker shot a soap opera web series called IKEA Heights entirely inside a Burbank, California IKEA without their permission. The creator of the show noticed that the well-lit sets and difficulty in getting the attention of employees made it an ideal location to film a show.
http://bit.ly/2EMuWiz

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 08:27PM by bjorktothefuture
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TIL Trees emerged 350 million years ago. It took another 60 million years for wood-eating bacteria to evolve. Trees between this period eventually turned into the most of the coal we use today.
https://on.natgeo.com/2PTiRdZ

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 07:01PM by amansaggu26
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TIL: You receive a higher dose of radiation living next to a coal plant than you do a nuclear plant.
http://bit.ly/2QNDeeW

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 07:40PM by ContingencyUsername
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TIL 'The Matrix' Wanted Sandra Bullock as 'Neo' before Keanu Reeves took the role. The producers had such a hard time finding the right man for the role that they briefly considered changing Neo into a female character. She was also considered for the part of Trinity and regretted not taking it.
http://bit.ly/31ax8K8

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 08:07PM by TurboTaco-with-Poop
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TIL Female Komodo Dragons can impregnate themselves without a male through a process called parthenogenesis. By forcing duplication of sex chromosomes they can give birth to male Komodo Dragons and keep their species alive.
http://bit.ly/2WMF3Ot

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 10:45PM by Jiggs96
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TIL that Winston Groom, the author of "Forrest Gump" the source for the titular movie, was contracted to earn 3% share of the profits. The film made about $678 million on the budget of $55 million, but Paramount did not pay Groom, using Hollywood accounting to posit that the film indeed lost money.
http://bit.ly/1SKWXGJ

Submitted June 04, 2019 at 11:46PM by sersleepsalot1
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TIL the band name Smashing Pumpkins doesn't mean breaking a gord; the "Smashing" in it is an adjective not a verb. So smashing as in "fantastic".
http://bit.ly/2WoHHdL

Submitted June 05, 2019 at 03:01AM by solojones1138
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TIL On September 11,2001 Astronaut Frank Culbertson was the only American not on earth that day, he was 250 miles above at the International Space Station and this is the photo he took Of NYC. He said he didn't know what was going on but he knew it was bad because he could see the smoke from space.
http://bit.ly/2Xv2cSI

Submitted June 05, 2019 at 08:31AM by BirdPlan
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