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TIL John Deacon of the band "Queen" was originally credited as "Deacon John" on their first album in order to make him sound more interesting

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RPRw TIL Mother Teresa considered suffering a gift from God and was criticized for her clinics’ lack of care and malnutrition of patients.
R77B6 Here’s a question for all you Game of Thrones fans: Have you ever seen Cersei Lannister and Ser Bronn in the same scene? Nope, never happened, and never will.
e0yXE TIL In the 90s, "Cheers" lookalike bars were built in airports across the county, complete with animatronic patrons inspired by Norm and Cliff, which triggered George Wendt and John Ratzenberger to sue for copyright and trademark infringement.
e0wOn TIL Soviets were so helpless against the SR71-"Blackbird" that Reagan sent some to secret Soviet meetings, creating sonic booms and drawing figure eights over, letting them know they were being watched and can't do a thing about it.
njYY TIL Vultures and Condors are not actually closely related, but superficially similar only due to convergent evolution.