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TIL the song "November Rain" was left off of Guns N' Roses major breakthrough album "Appetite for Destruction" at the last minute, as "Sweet Child of Mine" was thought to be enough of a ballad for one album.

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L1ov TIL Michael Keaton vetoed Michelle Pfeiffer playing Vicki Vale in Tim Burton’s Batman as they had previously been in a relationship and he thought it too awkward. She would later star opposite him in Batman Returns.
691QW TIL about the 'criterion of embarassment', a type of analysis in which a historical account is deemed likely to be true under the inference that the author would have no reason to invent a story that would embarrass themselves. The crucifixion of Jesus is an example of such an event.
VMZl8 TIL Helena, Montana had a city park with a Confederate Memorial Fountain built by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It was removed in 2017 after the events in Charlottesville, Virginia and was replaced by the Equity Fountain.
8naa TIL That in 1941, Willamette University’s football team played a game at the University of Hawaii on December 6th for the post season. The following day, December 7th, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The team was conscripted into the Army to help fight a possible Japanese invasion of the island.
kJ1AE TIL that Vince Clarke, of Erasure, Depeche Mode, and Yazoo fame, intended on leaving Yazoo following their debut album, but was persuaded otherwise after having left Depeche Mode following their debut album one year prior, in order to avoid negative assumptions.