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TIL Bill Murray has no agent or publicist,and books all of his movies and appearances on his own.

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nWD57 TIL: That due to Michael Jackson's insistence on pet chimpanzee Bubbles being in the studio, Freddie Mercury grew so frustrated whilst recording a song with MJ that he eventually refused to record the song at all. "I'm not performing with a f**king chimp sitting next to me each night", said Mercury.
drX7 TIL that in Monrovia, Liberia, a man with a ‘blackboard blog’ brings up-to-date information to people. For over 10 years, he has used a public bulletin board and painstakingly written out the day’s news for all to see, all at no charge. He has an audience of over 10,000 readers.
yNkM TIL The W Virg.coal mining strike of 1912 became open warfare between the company and miners. The company quarantined the mining village, intentionally starving to death women and children. Main demand was company discontinue corrupt coal weighing and stop Stealing wages.
78D1r TIL there is an agency in the Federal Government of the United States called the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. They investigate manufacturing accidents that result in the release of hazardous materials and then make detailed animations about the accidents as learning tools.
woeJ1 TIL of Lazarus and Joannes Baptista Colloredo, Italian conjoined twins who toured freak shows in 17th-century Europe. As reported by Henri Sauval, Lazarus was sentenced to death for killing a man, but averted the execution by pointing out that this would also kill his innocent twin brother.