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TIL There were only 15 episodes of the Mr. Bean show.
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TIL during the recording of Eddy Van Halen's guitar solo for Michael Jackson's song "Beat It" the monitor speakers in the studio caught on fire.
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TIL In 2006 a man burned himself alive in opposition to the war in Iraq. It was never reported on major networks.
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TIL Victorians sent "Vinegar Valentines" which contained anti-love messages, caricatures, insulting poems and cost the recipient 1 penny to read.
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TIL Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson were going to make a collaborative album but Freddie quit because Jackson demanded his pet llama come into the studio with him.
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TIL that up until 1962, women were not allowed to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner. At the urging of Helen Thomas, John F. Kennedy refused to attend until the ban was lifted. Helen Thomas was named president of the White house Correspondents' Association thirteen years later.