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TIL that Disney tried to change the film "Dead Poets Society" to be about dancing instead of poetry, and to rename it "Sultans of Swing".

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yVygX TIL that Chuck Mosley, who was the vocalist for Faith No More before they achieved mainstream success, had financial struggles later in life. In 2009, he released an album titled “Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food.”
yVnYp TIL there are only 16 trademarked scents in the US, including Crayola crayons, Playdoh, an ocean-scented indoor playground, and a type of gun cleaner that smells of ammonium and kerosene.
69AlZ TIL that an AI that is trained to guessing couples based on pictures and maybe voice samples and digital footprints sounds like a good idea. Could that be a matchmaking ai that is not prefect but a quantum leap better then tinder and everything we have?
1Oe4 TIL that kentucky has a population of “blue-skinned” people due to a genetic disorder caused by inbreeding
WkN59 TIL Sweden has "gay sailor" defense system in the Baltic Sea. Underwater dancing gay sailor neon sign sends a Morse code saying "Come here if you're gay", targeted to Russian submarines detected regularly in the area.