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Today I learned that the artist of DOOM's original cover art didn't expect his logo to become super famous

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oReXR TIL that the B-52's sent a cease-and-desist letter to a Florida circus for using "(Meet) The Flintstones" and "The Bedrock Twitch" in an act
l7lNN TIL that snails can sleep for three years.
jvxQ TIL that Weird Al wanted to write a parody called “Chicken Pot Pie” parodying “Live and Let Die,” but Paul McCartney refused, as it went against his vegetarian beliefs.
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