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TIL that “preposterous” is essentially Latin for “ass-backwards”

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8oEP TIL that Simon & Garfunkel’s first album was so unsuccessful that the duo split. Their producer took one of the songs from the album, overdubbed and remixed it without their knowledge or permission, and after this version of “The Sounds of Silence” became a hit, they reunited for four more albums.
yOeX TIL Jimmy Carter has severed his ties with the Southern Baptist Convention in protest of their treatment of women
Z8mDv TIL Spaceballs wasn't the the first Star Wars parody, a 13 minute short titled Hardware Wars released in 1978 was the first. With a production cost of $8k and box office of $1million it even beat the earnings ratio of Star Wars. During a 1999 interview George Lucas named it his favorite.
6gMQ TIL that the solar system is currently traveling through an interstellar cloud that is as hot as the surface of the sun and 30 light years long.
neyQG TIL Breaking Bad executives were initially wary of casting Bryan Cranston as Walter White, and so offered the role to John Cusack and Matthew Broderick, who both turned it down.