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TIL The cast of Futurama made a full-length radio episode reunion.

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R5a7l TIL The Zombies 1968 song "A Rose for Emily" was inspired but not based on William Faulkner's story: "I enjoyed the story, but I thought, 'What a beautifully evocative title.' Even though I’d just read the short story, I took the title and spun my own story around," said composer Rod Argent in 2017.
D18lJ TIL about the "Third Defenestration of Prague". In 1618 three Catholic officials were thrown out of the window of Prague Castle by an angry mob of Protestants. This led to The Thirty Years' War - the deadliest war in European history.
Y7ZYG TIL Dali gave a presentation at a 1936 art exhibition in a diving bell, and almost suffocated.
4koPX TIL Kitchen sponges are dirty than a toilet seat
YpO5A TIL JFK was on a yacht in the Mediterranean with a mistress as Jackie Kennedy gave birth to a stillborn child in 1956