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R7AWQ TIL David Bowie hated Gary Numan so much to begin with that he had Numan thrown off the billing of a show they were both booked to appear in
Qe8e TIL the first animal ejected from a supersonic aircraft was not a monkey or a dog, but a BEAR
KWxw TIL: France gets about 75% of its energy from nuclear power, and because of this, has some of the lowest cost energy and lowest CO2 emissions in the world.
d8poZ TIL facial recognition software can be successfully fooled by wearing Juggalo face paint. It throws off the softwares light contrast and depth perception, causing it to misidentify the jawline and eye area.
eknL TIL Gregory Peck turned down top billing for ‘Roman Holiday’,convincing executives to give it to Audrey Hepburn saying : “I’m smart enough to know this girl’s going to win the Oscar in her first picture, and I’m going to look like a damned fool if her name is not up there on top with mine.”