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TIL Wet Wet Wet lead Marty Pellow had their hit song Love is All Around removed from sales not long after going to the cinema and hearing someone say "God, not that song again!" as the Four Weddings trailer played, it was still selling 120k copies/week when it was pulled 3.5 months after release.

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VBbdp TIL about the Speedwell, the English ship that was meant to join the Mayflower to America in 1620. However, the Speedwell was found to be "unseaworthy," which led to the Pilgrims only taking the Mayflower.
D1w5Y TIL Adolf Hitler spent years evading taxes and owed German authorities 405,000 Reichsmarks, equivalent to $8 million today. Soon after he took power, He was declared free of tax obligations.
EgPP7 TIL voice actor Márcio Simões dubbed the films of both Will Smith and Robin Williams for Brazilian audiences. This means he voiced the Genie in both the 1992 and 2019 versions of Aladdin.
ddO9 TIL that Freddie Mercury had a throat infection at the time of Live Aid and was advised by his doctors to not risk performing at the festival. He defied their orders, and Queen’s set went down in history as one of the best performances that day.
8BNX TIL that Philippe Petit walked a tightrope between the World Towers for 45 minutes in 1974. He performed stunts and even lay down on the rope during this time. He was arrested afterward and, when asked why he did it, he said: “When I see three oranges, I juggle; when I see two towers, I walk.”