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TIL the exact same piano was used on ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, 'Hey Jude’, 'Satellite of Love’, 'Life on Mars’, and 'Tiny Dancer’ as well as many more. (From 19:47)

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loB5N TIL that Mark Taimanov, a Russian chess Grandmaster, after losing 6-0 to Bobby Fischer in 1971's World Chess Championship Candidates quarterfinal, got his salary and his ability to leave the country taken away, aswell as being censored in the press because the Russian government was so embarrassed.
eVak TIL ice worms are worms that live in glaciers. If they are exposed to temperatures above 40°F, they melt!
PJYe TIL Rupert Grint is so bad at saying no to fans that he once ended up dressed in full drag (including heels and feather boa) going to get a bagel with a group of drag queens at 4am.
9KZr TIL of a Japanese air ace who was shot in the face during a dogfight. Blind in one eye and part paralysed, “he flew upside down to prevent blood from blinding his other eye”, flew 5 hours back to base, made his report and then had surgery without anasthesia.
v1jvD TIL In 1251, Henry III was given a Polar Bear by the King of Norway. It was kept in the Tower of London on a long chain so that it could swim in the Thames