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mxeLo TIL that the actors who play Mr. Bean and Dr. House (Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie) starred together in a British historical comedy called Blackadder where they are barely recognizable
VwL4 TIL that a Finnish sniper had over 705 confirmed kills. 505 of which were from his Mosin Nagant rifle, which he used only his iron sights. The rest of the kills were from his submachine gun.
e059n TIL Quincy Jones thought that the Beatles were the worst musicians in the world. Paul McCartney was the worst bass player he ever heard. Ringo had taken three hours for a four-bar 'thing' that he was trying to fix on a song but failed. So a jazz drummer Ronnie Verrell fixed it in no time.
JYldl TIL that Ed King, who played guitar for the California psychedelic band Strawberry Alarm Clock ("Incense and Peppermints") left that band and became guitar/bass player for Lynyrd Skynyrd, including writing the opening riff for "Sweet Home Alabama" and co-wrote several other of their hit songs.
LkEB0 TIL that, in 1920s Paris, James Joyce would get drunk, start fights, and then hide behind Ernest Hemingway for protection, screaming, "Deal with him, Hemingway!"