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TIL that Stephen King discarded the initial pages of Carrie until his wife retrieved them from the trash. This led to the publication of his first novel, which became a phenomenal success, launching his career into the multi-million-dollar industry

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bGxQ TIL that Macklemore changes the number of lives he has seen Oxycontin take when performing Otherside live whenever he loses a friend to the drug. He’s gone from 3 to 6.
VgdQ TIL Hunter S. Thompson and Richard Nixon had a conversation about football for over an hour in Nixon’s car, after which Thompson almost accidentally blew up Nixon’s plane with a cigarette
xBYk TIL in response to the Parents Television Council voting various episodes of Family Guy as the “Worst TV Show of the Week”, creator Seth MacFarlane responded by saying “They can all suck my dick as far as I’m concerned.”
XEPb6 TIL about the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab science kit, arguably the most dangerous toy, which included four small jars of uranium
wj4E TIL David Cope created a piece of software called Emily Howell, which could analyze sheet music of an artist and then write songs in the artist’s style. When professional musicians and reviewers were asked which song was written by Beethoven and which by Emily, most were unsure or wrong.