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TIL that Leonard Cohen based all his songs around the six chords a young classical guitarist taught him the day before that guitarist committed suicide.

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dDenr TIL Jerry Zucker, director of Ghost (1990) didn't want Patrick Swayze or Whoopi Goldberg to audition, saying "over my dead body will Patrick Swayze ever play this role." Patrick ended up securing the part and helped change Jerry's mind on Whoopi Goldberg...the role she would win an academy for.
OGEP4 TIL King Charles III drives an Aston Martin that runs on Wine and Cheese.
ND1J TIL that the pangolin is the only mammal with scales and it’s also the most illegally traded wild mammal on the planet, and is in danger of being eaten to extinction.
YXWd TIL the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics were run with very little government funding and ended with over $200 million in profit.
9wdrm TIL The state sport of Maryland is jousting!