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TIL Just Blaze said while working with Eminem on an unspecified song off Em's Recovery album, he told Em that he's drifting off subject in the 2nd verse & his flow was off in the 3rd. Em said didn't hear it. JB thought he blew it until hours later, Em agreed & said after 30 spins he heard it too.

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nW5ko TIL that the UK armed forces have to be reauthorised by legislation every five years, because the UK Bill of Rights 1688 makes a standing army illegal without the consent of Parliament.
69eeX TIL the famous poem "Ozymandias" was based on an actual ancient monument, boasting: "King of Kings Ozymandias am I. If any want to know how great I am and where I lie, let him outdo me in my work."
69r7m TIL the Smurfs’ creator, Peyo, was so upset that his characters appeared in an anti-drug special, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, without his permission that he refused to work with Hanna-Barbera ever again. This ultimately cancelled the TV series.
gMyGW TIL of the Circle of Tchaikovsky, a group formed in 1868 to share knowledge and books that were banned in the Russian Empire, which included the first volume of Das Kapital by Karl Marx. However, the circle opposed violent revolutions and believed fighting for political freedom was pointless.
XEE5D TIL of the Footballer Lee Todd, who holds the record for the fastest red card in English football; 2 seconds. Lee was startled by the opening whistle and remarked "Fuck me, that was loud" and was sent off.