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TIL there is a song in written specifically to sound like a Wings song for the 2008 film Role Models. The song was sang by a Paul McCartney impersonator and referenced to as a real Wings tune throughout the film.

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0wD8j TIL The actor who played "Flounder" in Animal House, Stephen Furst, was a pizza delivery boy in Hollywood when he landed the role. He taped a photo of himself inside the lid of each pizza he delivered in the hopes of being discovered.
D1vEe TIL Agatha Christie essentially invented the standard modern crime fiction formula that most TV shows follow: A murder is committed, multiple suspects (all concealing secrets), the detective gradually uncovers the secrets, discovering the most shocking twists towards the end and solving the crime.
6Ev58 TIL that Darwin's finches, a classic example of evolution, are being rapidly killed due to an infectious parasite that damages their beaks, preventing them from producing mating calls and as a result, reproducing. The larvae also infest the nests and feed on the blood and tissue of the nestlings.
R5DO9 TIL of the Tlatelo Massacre ahead of the '68 Olympics where Mexican Army Intelligence shot the Army General in charge of the troops providing security in a false flag operation blaming the students so the army opened fire on student protestors.
X0Qwj TIL that a black hole is a sphere. Not sure why I didn’t think of that before, but the 2D pictures I’ve seen all my life didn’t help 😂