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TIL Creedence CLearwater Revival has the most No.2 Billboard hits without ever hitting No. 1

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VMQO8 TIL that Peter Butterworth (1915-1979), a British comedy actor, failed his audition for the 1950 movie The Wooden Horse because he "didn't look convincingly heroic or athletic enough". However, he was a POW in Stalag Luft III and actually helped in the real escape that the film/book was based on.
YpmJr TIL about Brady Snakovsky, a 9 year old who was watching Live PD and noticed a K9 without a bulletproof vest on, so he made a go-fund-me with his mom to purchase a vest for the dog and instead raised over $80,000, which was used to create a legitimate charitable organization donating to police.
LkePm TIL that Mick Jagger and David Bowie had an affair (according to Bowie's first wife, among others)
R5Qga TIL that "Gunsmoke" star James Arness was severely wounded while serving as a US Army infantryman at the Battle of Anzio during World War II and suffered chronic pain in his leg as a result for the rest of his life. This made being mounted on a horse difficult for him at times when filming the show.
Br9yk TIL about Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, an oversize celebrity comic book published by DC Comics in 1978. The 72-page book features Superman teaming up with the heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali to defeat an alien invasion of Earth, but first they have fight each other in a boxing match.