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TIL: “A lack of physical activity is one of the leading causes of preventable death worldwide.”

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lDaN TIL Elvis Costello was banned from SNL after switching from “Less than Zero” to “Radio, Radio” mid performance. SNL’s producer gave him the finger for the duration of the song.
nvY7 TIL that Scrubs episode where Dr. Cox lost all his transplant patients to rabies was based on a real event. [pdf]
6EDyX TIL people struggled to open milk cartons in the 70’s
ne1bY TIL When recording with Bowie in Berlin, Brian eno would use whatever loose change he had in his pocket to buy a U-Bahn subway ticket to however far that cash would take him, and then spend the day exploring there. Bowie says they took that approach to recording the album
4bv5 TIL the GPS coordinates that lead to Walt’s buried money in BREAKING BAD actually, in real life lead to ABQ studios in Albuquerque NM where BREAKING BAD was filmed. They wanted to be sure the coordinates didn’t lead to somewhere people might go think there could be buried treasure.