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TIL Johnny Cash’s family refused to allow “Ring of Fire” to be used in an advertisement for hemorrhoid-relief

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RD8l TIL that Patrick Stewart has said that playing Jean-Luc Picard changed him as a person. “…I suppose [he] even had some influence on me. I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean-Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.”
8a0y8 TIL Chris Martin of Coldplay’s great-grandfather William Willet campaigned for and made daylight saving time a recognised practice.
D1WZj TIL that the coat of arms of the German Empire (1871-1918) featured two near-nude bearded men with six-packs and extremely muscular arms and legs, each holding a long cudgel in one hand, with their other arm resting on the shield and crown
BrWgK TIL There's a neurological disorder called "Alice in Wonderland" syndrome. This affects patients' perception in a way that they may suddenly feel that they have become giants or the room around them has shrunk. It most commonly affects children.
m1nYy TIL Teller, of Penn and Teller, legally changed his birth name to just "Teller". He is only one of a few people to have a mononymous US passport.