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TIL that The Beatles wanted to make a Lord Of The Rings movie before Peter Jackson did, however Tolkien refused to let them.

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4jBg TIL in 2015, funk band Vulfpeck took advantage of Spotify’s payment system and released a 5 minute album consisting of just silence called “Sleepify”, told their fans to listen to it on repeat while they slept, and ended up making $20k which funded future album releases and tours.
GAR1E TIL that Wilson Phillips is the offspring of two super groups in American folk music, featuring kids of Brian Wilson, of Beach Boys fame, and daughter of one of the couples from Mamas and Papas.
lYYK TIL Henrietta Lacks died in 1951. The tumor that killed her has been alive and growing to this day.
GYaL5 TIL the Da'at Yichud artifacts from Wolfenstein are based on real Roman-era artifacts
BrEok TIL that over 1/4th of global hazelnut production is bought by an Italian company to make Nutella.