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TIL that David Grohl refused to have his band's music on Glee. "The guy who created Glee is so offended that we're not, like, begging to be on his fcking show," said Grohl. "Fck that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee."

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awGmA TIL that Kangchenjunga, the tallest mountain until a survey of Everest in 1849, has never been fully climbed. The first people to reach the top in 1955 stopped short of the summit because they promised the ruler of Sikkim to keep the sacred mountain intact. Every climber since has done this, too.
yQ0Na TIL Open-faced sandwiches are inspected by the USDA, while closed-faced sandwiches are inspected by the FDA.
b9QlZ TIL Since reopening after undergoing an extensive facelift in October 2018, there are new rules and regulations, and a limit to the number of tourists allowed on Boracay island. There is no eating or drinking on the beach, no smoking, no fire dancing, and no commercial sandcastles
bxoE TIL that CVS took a $2 billion hit to annual sales when it quit carrying tobacco.
R78mw TIL that 'Orangey', the cat from 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', often scratched and bit actors on set, and some productions and sets would have to be shut down because he would run away. This led him to be nicknamed 'the world's meanest cat' by one studio executive.