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TIL that Freddie Mercury used to sneak Princess Diana into gay bars disguised as a man, and once brought her to the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, which is still a highlight of the London gay scene today.

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GmXG TIL at 84 years old, Harvard Professor Tom Lehrer was asked by 2 Chainz for permission to sample a song Lehrer wrote at 24. He responded: “I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?”
AZY4 TIL Thomas Jefferson conducted the first legitimate archaeological dig in history and proved that the massive burial mounds were created by Native Americas, not the “lost race” of white people previously thought.
kPRm TIL Clint Eastwood directed two movies “Letters from Iwo-Jima” and “Flags Of Our Fathers” that featured the same battle but from opposite perspectives.
yQRaJ TIL NASA originally planned to fly moon missions up to Apollo 20, but budget cutbacks ended at Apollo 17 and left 3 Saturn V rockets unused. 2 wound up in museums, and 1 was repurposed to launch the Skylab space station.
ZeMo TIL that Seth MacFarlane was only 24 when Family Guy was first aired on TV. which makes him the youngest executive producer in history