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TIL despite Freddie Mercury’s multiple-octave range, he claimed to have no formal vocal training.

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ADDAo TIL the US military spent less on transgender service members than the Gov't spends on one trip to the golf coarse for Trump
gMAbD TIL Bong Joon Ho clashed with Harvey Weinstein over cuts in his movie "Snowpiercer." Weinstein wanted to take out a fish gutting scene. "Why fish? We need action!" he said. Bong told him his father was a fisherman & it was a tribute to him, so he let him keep the scene. Boon later admitted he lied.
WkVJd TIL that Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" is considered by some music historians to be the first "diss track" in history. The cannon battery at the climax was likely included to mock the French, referencing Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in 1812—when the Russian army used his own artillery against him.
AyZg TIL The Beatles approached Stanley Kubrick to direct a LOTR movie starring themselves. Tolkien killed the project as a result of his hate for The Beatles. A hate developed after moving 3 doors down from The Beatles in 1964, who irked him with the “indescribable” noise from their practice sessions.
vPNO8 TIL that notoriously emasculated husband John Bobbit later also lost all his toes in a contaminated water scandal at Camp Lejeune.