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TIL actor Matt Doherty, who played Les Averman in the Mighty Ducks films, didn’t know how to skate or play hockey at all when he was cast in the first movie. By the time they shot the 3rd movie, he was captain of his high school hockey team and had been offered a scholarship to play in college.

by whatilearned August 15, 2022, 3:18 pm

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TIL about today’s saint, Maximilian Kolbe, who offered his life in the place of a stranger in Auschwitz. The priest was martyred on the eve of the Catholic holiday of Mary’s Assumption. The man that Kolbe saved later attended Kolbe’s 1981 canonization ceremony.

by whatilearned August 14, 2022, 5:54 pm

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TIL: Ainu, the indigenous peoples of Japan stole and raised bear cubs to later slaughter in a ritual ceremony. The cub was raised as one of their own, fed the finest grains, massaged and even offered sake. Some believe this is where modern Japanese (Wa) got the idea to raise their cattle (gyu) Wagyu

by whatilearned August 13, 2022, 8:24 pm

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If offered immortality, would you accept it, and if yes, why?

by QuestionGuy August 12, 2022, 9:34 am

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You are offered $10 million dollars to play a game that has a manual save option under 1 condition: You have to beat the game without saving at all and without dying, fainting, or losing ALL your HP in one go and respawning. Which game can you beat without saving and dying?

by QuestionGuy August 10, 2022, 6:09 pm

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TIL Olivia Newton-John was offered the role of Sandy in Grease but wanted to do a screen test anyway to make sure she would be a good fit.

by whatilearned August 9, 2022, 5:21 pm

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You’re offered 1 million in cash to sing a song from start to finish from memory, on the spot, what song do you choose?

by QuestionGuy July 27, 2022, 11:17 pm

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TIL in the 1970s Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak offered a 1/3 stake in Apple for $50,000 to Nolan Bushnell, their former boss and founder of Atari. He said no, but later spent $500,000 on the rights to the Pizza Time Theater chain. He said “It’s kind of fun to think about, when I’m not crying.”

by whatilearned July 25, 2022, 5:19 pm

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I Was offered a Threesome

by CopyPastaArchive July 21, 2022, 10:01 am

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TIL upon request, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his copy of the “I have a dream” speech he had just delivered to the then security guard George Raveling. Raveling has been offered as much as $3 million for the original copy but he has refused all offers.

by whatilearned July 20, 2022, 6:45 pm

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TIL about The Death of The Artist, a performance art piece by Abel Azcona. Azcona invited several entities that had threatened his life and offered them a gun to kill him as Azcona stood on a raised platform.

by whatilearned July 3, 2022, 7:09 pm

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TIL that a German Cinema offered free tickets to the premiere of Schindler’s List to members of the right-wing AfD party in Germany

by whatilearned July 3, 2022, 4:49 am

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