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VMaV8 TIL industrialist Henry Clay Frick feuded with Andrew Carnegie after they split as business partners. He even built his skyscraper, the Frick Building, directly adjacent to one of his buildings to keep it constantly in the shadows.
ArXn TIL that ESPN’s Mike Tirico once sent harassing emails to a female producer, then later confronted her saying, “If I was single, I would throw you on the table right here and fuck your brains out.” He then proceeded to follow her in his car for miles down I-84 before she took an exit in a panic
6EKEZ TIL The singer who voiced Simba in the original 'Lion King' turned down $2 million up front to take royalties instead
ad7y TIL that Samuel Morse missed his wifes death and burial because of slow communication, thus he began inventing the single-wire telegraph and morse code
R5Lm1 TIL Just Blaze said while working with Eminem on an unspecified song off Em's Recovery album, he told Em that he's drifting off subject in the 2nd verse & his flow was off in the 3rd. Em said didn't hear it. JB thought he blew it until hours later, Em agreed & said after 30 spins he heard it too.