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TIL that the day before Mark David Chapman killed John Lennon, he accosted James Taylor in the Subway

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a84xZ TIL that Police Squad, forerunner to The Naked Gun, was cancelled by ABC because casual audiences couldn't keep up with the rate of jokes, claiming "the viewer had to watch it in order to appreciate it", stated by TV Guide as being "the most stupid reason a network ever gave for ending a series"
rNmD1 TIL that Jeremy Clarkson was able to say goodbye to his dad due to the Porsche 928's ability to maintain serious speed for extended periods.
WJ7X TIL Alexander Skarsgard’s (Eric from True Blood) first role in the US was Meekus, one of Zoolander’s roommates that died in a tragic gasoline fight accident
0dG4R TIL A Polish destroyer ORP Piorun, single handedly charged the Battleship Bismarck, a ship 23 times the weight, and transmitted the message "I am a Pole" before opening fire. Another story states the vessel constantly transmitted this message at the Bismarck for the entire engagement
JEbB TIL that a room known as ‘Room 641A’ in the AT&T telecommunications backbone houses beamsplitters capable of monitoring all the internet traffic in the US. It was largely thought to be a myth until PRISM revealed its existence in 2007.