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TIL that renaissance painter El Greco made an offer to the Pope to repaint the Sistine Chapel over Michelangelo's "Last Judgement"

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Z8bXR TIL that the main cop in Chamillionaire’s Ridin Dirty was played by Tom “Tiny” Lister, the same man who played Zeus in “No Holds Barred” (The Hulk Hogan Movie) and Deebo from “Friday”. At his peak, he was 6’5 and 305 lbs, being able to bench press 575 lbs
e08DE TIL that in 1922, 98 people were crushed to death while watching the movie "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" when the the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapsed under a blizzard's worth of fresh snow
MeWxB TIL Lewis Hamilton pledged £20m ($27.5m) to set up the Hamilton Mission in an effort to improve groups who are under represented in motorsports due to its extremely high cost entry barrier. Out of the 770 drivers in F1 history, he is the only black driver.
jNW8n TIL that the Beatles spent 34 hours recording the song "A Day in the Life" as they needed multiple takes to perfect the orchestral parts and the famous final chord. By contrast, the Beatles' debut album, Please Please Me, had been recorded in its entirety in only 15 hours, 45 minutes.
9Y8oD TIL about US presidential pet hamsters Debbie and Billie. Billie, who ate his own children, who was then eaten by Debbie, who then died of indigestion.