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TIL that today is Isaac Newton’s birthday

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MeAm8 TIL Many people in the United States believe that the Nazis were a left wing party.
7rwxX TIL in the UK it's musician union rules that for every actor or model playing an instrument in a music video, the production still has to pay an actual musician. In the iconic "Addicted to Love" video not only they paid the 5 'fembot' models but also 5 musicians behind camera miming the models.
4PEN TIL that the Higgs boson, commonly refered to as the “God Particle”, was originally intended to be name the “goddamn particle”, but Leon Lederman’s publisher asked that it be changed. Higgs, an atheist, was unhappy with the nickname because he thought the term “might offend people who are religious”
4X8xJ TIL Alec Guinness agreed to appear in Star Wars only after he negotiated a deal that doubled his initial salary offer, guaranteed he wouldn’t have to do any publicity for the film, and that he would be awarded 2.25% of all gross royalties paid to George Lucas
7xMP TIL R Kelly’s had his first girlfriend at 8 years old. She was murdered by some other children when she was pushed into a creek and drowned. Her last words were his name.