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TIL rock duo Nelson changed its name to Power Tool for the soundtrack to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure because music label Geffen Records wanted the band to make its debut with its upcoming debut album and not via a film soundtrack

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Brkxd TIL we only know about MKUltra because while the CIA was trying to destroy all the files on it due to paranoia around Watergate, some of them were sent to the wrong office and not destroyed
e0OdE TIL honey bees can communicate by dancing, it is known as the "waggle dance" and by moving in a certain way in relation to the hive the bees can indicate direction, and by moving for a certain amount of time they can indicate distance, by doing this they can tell other bees in the hive food sources
NbAQ TIL Jerome Flynn, who plays Bronn in Game of Thrones, had a Number 1 single in the UK in 1995 and was produced by Simon Cowell
Bg7BD TIL that Brigadier General Edward Ferrero, an immigrant from Spain, was one of General Burnside’s division commanders in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.
9bDM TIL that film scores were not originally done for artistic reasons, but to drown out the sound of the projector