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TIL “Monty Python And The Holy Grail” was funded entirely by British rock stars, among them Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Elton John

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KYjGR TIL that Caravaggio was also a notorious criminal. He went to trial at least 11 times for things like writing libelous poems, throwing a plate of artichokes at a waiter and assaulting people with swords. He eventually fled Rome to escape punishment for killing a man and died in exile.
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