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TIL despite its popularity, Frank Sinatra ended up hating "My Way", believing that the song was self-serving and self-indulgent.

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p8QNQ TIL in World War II, U.S. Navy ship accidentally got in proximity with the Japanese ship, Someone decided to throw potatoes in panic. Japanese thought they were grenades and they threw it back which resulted in a potato fight. While they were distracted, the U.S. successfully sunk the enemy ship.
N7PnP TIL that in 1989, President Bush sent troops to Panama to capture the dictator Manuel Noriega. But because he has fled to The Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See, the troops couldn't get in. So they surrounded the place, and blasted Rock n' Roll music for days until he gave up.
MnZA TIL Sam Lloyd, or Ted from Scrubs, is nephew to Christopher Lloyd, or Doc Brown from Back to the Future
XEGBX TIL there were two unrelated Exorcist prequels released by Warner Bros in the mid-2000's. Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist was directed by Paul Schrader and released in 2005, but WB re-tooled it into a more marketable film, Exorcist: The Beginning, in 2004. Both were critical and financial flops.
BYYy TIL That elderly people in Britain get a free TV licence so that their TV can act as a companion and reduce loneliness