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TIL Being Clean Shaven Was Popularized By Alexander The Great Because He Couldn't Grow A Proper Beard

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grAxD TIL in Satyajit Ray's first film Pather Panchali (1955), after taking first shot of the famous train scene, Ray returned next Sunday to shoot further only to discover that the Kaash flowers had been eaten up by a herd of cattle. He had to wait for the next season of flowers to complete the scene.
QNBv9 TIL a man fooled the computers at Columbia House Music Club & BMG Music Service by using 1,630 aliases to buy CDs at rates offered only to first-time buyers. Over four years, he bought 22,260 CDs for about $2.50 each. Operating as "CDs for Less", he then sold the CDs at flea markets for $10 a piece.
PvJL TIL that the version of the Star-Spangled Banner traditionally heard at sports events is only the first of four original verses written by Francis Scott Key. Most Americans have never heard the last three.
wLyJ7 TIL that in 2006, the Sex Pistols were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but they refused to attend the ceremony, calling the museum "a piss stain".
lP6V TIL on a Planet with 2 Stars Vegetation Would Bloom Black