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TIL: David Copperfield has so far sold 40 million tickets and grossed over $4 billion, which is more than any other solo entertainer in history

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rRgw0 TIL that the royalties for The Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony" now go to its songwriter Richard Ashcroft, after Mick Jagger and Keith Richards finally agreed in 2019 to grant him authorship of the song and all the future royalties it generates.
4eOo TIL Playboy considered creating a reality show where homely women from small-town America would receive Playboy-style makeovers to become Playmate material. It was dropped when the director said “Playboy is about beauty. We’re not going to associate Playboy with women that don’t meet our standards.”
a8ony TIL British newspapers campaigned to ban controversial film Crash(1996). Film classification board inquired with lawyers, psychologist, disabled people, found no evidence for ban, and passed the film uncut
BgbPe TIL During the bombing of Cologne in WWII Allied bombers were told not to target the Ford factory, despite the factory aiding the Axis Powers
yVWXp TIL that the Presidential transition between Truman and Eisenhower was extraordinarily acrimonious. In their car ride to the capital for the inauguration, Eisenhower wondered aloud "what SOB ordered my son back [from Korea], just to embarrass me.” Truman replied "I did."