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TIL "Hunted down", Soungarden's first single released by sub pop in 1987, was used as sub pop's "hold up" tune. People from major labels who would call sub pop would listen to this song while they were put on hold and eventualy began to inquire about the band. This how soundgarden signed with A&M

0wMoj TIL: CBS used to add bird songs to their golf broadcasts to get rid of awkward silences until they got caught by someone watching at home who knew the bird songs belonged to birds that didn’t live in the region in which the golf tournament was being played.
4BAa TIL That P.Sherman from Finding Nemo is a pun of the word fisherman, since most of the production crew was Filipino, this is how they pronounced it naturally with their accents.
EgplW TIL Of Francis Charteris a notorious sex predator who made a fortune through the south sea scam as well as gambling(in which he was found to be cheating). He was eventually sentenced to death but bribed his way into acquiring a pardon. After his death, people threw dead cats in his grave
L05Z TIL the new Berlin airport is fully built but non-functional due to faulty construction. It has cost €4.3 billion and cannot open anytime in the near future.
LQwgv TIL that during the casting of The Godfather (1972), Al Martino was stripped from his part when Francis Ford Coppola became director. However after a series of news articles orchestrated by Martino's godfather and Mafia crime boss, Russell Bufalino, he was recast to the original role.