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TIL when ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic asked Kurt Cobain for permission to parody Smells Like Teen Spirit, Cobain first reaction was to ask, “Is it going to be a song about food?”

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mxK0R TIL Matthew McConaughey's "alright, alright, alright" catch-phrase comes from his role in Dazed and Confused. He came up with it after listening to a Doors album where Jim Morrison kept saying "all right, all right, all right, all right" between songs.
4X6W5 TIL: Donkey Kong not developed by Nintendo but rather a subcontracting company that also made Sega's Congo Bongo and Zaxxon. They successfully sued after Nintendo use their source code to create Donkey Kong Jr. without them.
neVnY TIL that Wally Amos - founder of the cookie brand 'Famous Amos' - was once a talent agent who signed the band Simon & Garfunkel
xVwbb TIL Conservation efforts are saving the kākāpō on Codfish Island that are being threatened by the fungal infection Aspergillosis.
5V7yP TIL that, of the top 20 all-time NHL point leaders, none are American (17 are Canadian), and of the top 40 only 2 are American (32 are Canadian)