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TIL King Abdullah II of Jordon once cameo’d as an unnamed ensign on Star Trek Voyager

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a866b TIL Freddie Mercury’s introductory scatting vocal on "Under Pressure" was improvised during an experiment suggested by David Bowie, as Brian May recalls it: "David said, 'Okay, let’s each of us go in the vocal booth and sing how we think the melody should go and we’ll compile a vocal out of that.'"
VGVD TIL it’s still legal for an employer to fire someone–for any reason–if they’re a communist.
QNkOe TIL of the Mathematical Bridge in Cambridge, which is the subject of an urban legend claiming that it was designed by Isaac Newton using no nuts or bolts.
5MYR TIL that in 1986 a convict escaped during a prison transfer. A week later he returned in a stolen helicopter and broke out his girlfriend.
XEYNr TIL Charlie Chaplin got the inspiration for the classic Modern Times after a conversation with Mahatma Gandhi on modern technology.