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TIL that Toy Story was originally meant to end with Barbie saving the day- But Mattel wouldn’t permit the character to be used in that kind of role.

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5VGDQ TIL The old cowboy song "Don't Fence Me In" was based on text by Robert Fletcher, a poet and engineer with the Department of Highways in Helena, Montana. It was 'songified' by Cole Porter, who bought the poem from Fletcher for $250.
VPMp TIL that over 1700 words we use today were invented by Shakespeare, including words like “gossip”, “elbow” and “addiction”.
wL658 TIL that the letter Q is the only letter of the alphabet not used in any of the names of the 52 States of the U.S.A.
a1VM TIL the trombone used to be called the sackbut
16kYV TIL that "The Long and Winding Road", which was written by Paul McCartney, was offered to Tom Jones on the condition that he release it as his next single. In Jones' recollection, he was forced to turn it down since his record company were about to issue "Without Love" as a single.