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TIL the original ending for “Pretty in Pink” had Molly Ringwald reject Andrew McCarthy to dance with Jon Cryer to David Bowie’s “Heroes.” Test audiences booed this outcome, and John Hughes was forced to reshoot the ending, with Ringwald and McCarthy getting back together.

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XOvX TIL that a cat will be hurt more by a 7 story fall than from a 8+ story fall.
5b89 TIL Michael Dell, founder of Dell Inc., once had a high school summer job selling newspaper subscriptions for the Houston Post. By targeting the demographics of newlyweds and recent home buyers, Dell made $18,000 in one summer, exceeding the yearly payroll of two of his teachers.
a8LJN TIL the band Argent (known for the 70's rock hit "Hold Your Head Up") originally released the song God Gave Rock and Roll To You (covered by and hits for the bands Petra and KISS) waaay back in 1973!!
jw6R TIL Edgar Allan Poe was one of the first to suggest that space and time were one.
yaQ8 TIL That facing defeat and surrounded by the Roman army, Hannibal sent oxen with torches tied to them toward the Roman camp, causing the Romans to send their entire army to meet the oxen while Hannibal and his men escaped through a mountain pass that the Romans had been blocking before the deception