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

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OrDX TIL the child actor Jackie Coogan, who played alongside Charlie Chaplin in ‘The Kid’ was also one of the highest paid actors. When he turned 21, he found out his mom and step dad had spent most of the money he made. His complaint led to the Coogan law being passed to protect child actors.
9wyxr TIL that no English manager has ever won the Premier League since it began in 1992.
Axlw TIL in 2004, a Mario game had a transgender playable character with a subplot about being accepted by her family. This was censored in the American version.
AD8dB TIL that when the 1907 Monongah mine disaster killed at least 367 coal miners in Marion County, West Virginia, the coal company tried to blame it on child workers playing pranks with explosives and igniting the massive explosion.
ADDld TIL Laika, the first living being launched to space exactly 60 years ago, had a painful death. Until 2002 russian authorities sustained she survived for several days and died painlessly, assuring it was possible to live in space.