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TIL in 1996 Michael Hutchence presented Oasis with a Brit Awards trophy and during the acceptance Noel Gallagher said, “Has-beens shouldn't be presenting awards to gonna-bes.” Afterwards, Hutchence secretly re-recorded the INXS song "Elegantly Wasted" to include the chorus, "I am better than Oasis".

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OGxRL TIL Disney's Animal Kingdom was the brainchild of Imagineer Joe Rohde, who had previously designed the Adventurers Club at Pleasure Island. When presenting the idea of the new animal-themed park, Rohde brought a 400-pound Bengal tiger into the meeting with Disney CEO Michael Eisner.
9Yd4G TIL about Graham's Number: A number so large that it can't be written down because the universe it too small to contain the physical representation of it.
E1DXX TIL in 1989 a retired nurse was asked to give her real life testimony about her home accident for a commercial. When they asked her to repeat exactly what she said during the accident, she shouted “I’ve fallen… and I can’t get up.”
neNbG TIL an 18-month-old German Shepherd named Luna fell off a boat in the Pacific Ocean, swam 2 miles to a nearby island, and survived for 5 weeks by eating mice before she was rescued by a team of Navy staffers. She was found to be slightly under-nourished, but in perfect condition otherwise.
b91DN TIL that parts from Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 were recovered from the Everglades and used in other EAL planes, after which the airline's employees started to report ghost sightings of Flight 401's pilots in those planes, which ceased when the cannibalised parts were removed