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KYQLJ TIL The band Toto was originally meant to record the song "Danger Zone" for Top Gun (1986). There was a dispute between Toto's lawyers and the producers of the film, paving the way for Kenny Loggins to record the track.
69pVQ TIL that Bob Ross spent 20 years in the US Air Force, was a Drill Sergeant and rose to the rank of First Sergeant
d8ODj TIL that "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" by the Spin Doctors was about Chris Barron's stepmother. When he was a kid, she told him that he would grow up to be a janitor and would play his songs for the rats. The Spin Doctors' debut album sold 5 million copies with this song as the lead single.
DK0V TIL The myth that human eat 8 spiders a year while we sleep was started to demonstrate how fake “facts” spread over the internet.
9wKWB TIL Dr. August Bier, a German physician, pioneered spinal anesthesia using cocaine injections. To test its numbing effects, Bier injected cocaine into his assistant’s spine, beat his legs with hammers, pulled his testicles, drove a needle into his femur, and even ripped out his pubic hair.