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TIL Tupac's album All Eyez On Me was called Euthanasia at first. The reason for the album's name change was, as Tupac said in December of 1995, "That’s how I feel it is. I got the police watching me, the Feds. I got the females that want to charge me with false charges and sue me and all that."

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ODBL TIL that the creators of Sesame Street had to change Mr Snuffleupagus’s appearance because he was too frightening for children. He originally had narrow yellow eyes.
b6nmQ TIL in 2009, Bob Dylan was detained in New Jersey after he wandered into the yard of a home that had a "For Sale" sign on it. Not recognizing Bob Dylan, the home's occupants became spooked by his appearance, and called 911. He was then taken to his tour bus where he had to verify his identity.
XEOV6 TIL that in 1825, the panda was given its name by a French zoologist. 76 years later, the name was lent to a black and white bear that was mistakenly thought to be a close relative. The giant panda’s name stuck, and the original panda became the lesser or red panda.
LRgr TIL The only person to ever create 3 companies to go public on the New York stock exchange was a trucker who only got into it because his family could not afford to send him to college. He ended up creating the entire shipping container industry, as well as the ships that carry them. Malcom McLean.
dD0O7 TIL a 36-year-old man with a super swollen stomach, who had had trouble breathing, went to the ER only to discover that the twin he had absorbed in utero was still living in his abdomen