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TIL that the scream before the guitar solo in the Kinks' "You Really Got Me" was used to overdub Dave Davies telling his brother Ray to "fuck off."

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yQjAM TIL that there have been several cases of whale carcasses bursting due to a buildup of gas in the decomposition process. In Nov 1970, when a dead whale was about to burst, a team blew it up using dynamite in an attempt to dispose of it. The explosion threw whale flesh over 800 feet (240 M) away!
kVL5 TIL “3 Ninjas” was the most profitable film of 1992 because of its small budget.
RPQ9 TIL that it’s impossible to obtain an original theatrical version of Star Wars. Every obtainable release has been altered in some way. Even some of the later theatrical releases in 1977 had changes made to them.
EgD07 TIL that Joey Fatale, the little person who founded Mini Kiss, also played Little Jay Leno on Late Night With Conan O'Brien
OoBgX TIL we aren't allowed to excavate the area the Graecopithecus (human's oldest direct ancestor) fossil was found because the owner of the property built a swimming pool on it.