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TIL Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Was 'Mongolian Rhapsody' according to early lyric sheet

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PYn6e TIL that getting rid of undesired men as well as cruel and/or incompetent officers by sending them on a dangerous, nearly impossible mission, was likely the main reason for the spanish expedition to find "El Dorado" in 1560.
woVy1 TIL that as a writer on Saturday Night Live, Bob Odenkirk invented Chris Farley's motivational speaking character, Matt Foley. ("Living in a Van Down by the River!!")
e0g9n TIL that the Kimba the White Lion/The Lion King plagiarism accusations are based on almost nothing.
9vWQ TIL Duke University scientists find women need more sleep than men
DB7p TIL In 1492, Sultan Bayezid II sent the Ottoman Navy to help evacuate Muslims and Jews during the Spanish Inquistion and “he threatened with death all those who treated the Jews harshly or refused them admission into the empire”