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TIL before lending his song In Your Eyes to the film Say Anything, Peter Gabriel asked to see the movie. He was sent a copy, and Gabriel approved the use of his song, but said he was uneasy about the main character’s overdose at the end; the studio had mistakenly sent him the film Wired instead.

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D0pr TIL there is a rare incurable disease which turns muscles, tendons and ligaments into bone. It is called the Stone Man Syndrome.
GYeyg TIL of Archibald Hall who was a thief and serial killer active while working for the British aristocracy, stealing and killing several of his employers and fellow house staff. So yes, the butler did it.
Bgwxy TIL that largest flying creature on earth was an Azhdarchid Pterodactyl named Arambourgiania. It's wings were 12 to 13 meters.
KOW0B TIL that the last living survivor of the infamous RMS Titanic incident had died just 11 years ago.
16ZJr TIL in 1961 US came very close to nuking itself. A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3–4-megaton nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. One of the bombs came close to detonating, with three of the four required triggering mechanisms having activated.