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Jun 27, 2020

TIL that Gates McFadden, best known for playing Dr Beverly Crusher is also a choreographer, and was choreographer on Labyrinth, including the famous ballroom dance scene.

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May 10, 2020

TIL about the oldest known song in human history, “Hurrian Hymn no. 6”, dating back to a 1400 BC Sumerian clay tablet

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Jan 31, 2020

TIL: Italy has an infamous "monster park" called the Gardens of Bomarzo filled with disturbing statues carved by a Renaissance-era mad genius.

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Jan 07, 2020

TIL that Mike Patton of Faith No More has the widest vocal range (6 Octaves) of any known singer in popular music.

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Jan 03, 2020

TIL actor Anthony Hopkins had a habit of reading his lines aloud 250 TIMES before shooting a movie. He also memorized a new poem every week to “exercise his mind”

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Nov 22, 2019

TIL The Emperors of Eastern Rome's personal bodyguard was made up of Vikings (as well as other groups of Western European warriors), called the Varangian Guard

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Oct 17, 2019

TIL Several of James Bond's Impossible Feats Were Lifted Directly From The Missions of Operatives That Ian Fleming Knew During WWII

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Aug 12, 2019

TIL that rock band Iron Maiden went to a restaurant after a 1984 concert in Poland. The Maidens saw a wedding inside; after a chat, they took the wedding band's instruments and began playing for the night. Guests had no idea until the groom saw that his wedding band transformed into Iron Maiden.

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Apr 14, 2019

TIL that during one scene in JAWS 2 the teens' fear and cries of shark were real, as they were being circled by a 15-foot shark. The production crew at a distance thought they were acting and just gave them a thumbs up.

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