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TIL that Johnny Cash's estate had to turn down an ad campaign to use Ring of Fire for hemorrhoid-relief medication

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0drYL TIL that author John Ajvide Lindqvist claims Hammer Films swindled him into selling all film/TV rights to his classic vampire novel "Let the Right One In" for 1 Swedish Kroner -- about .93 US cents

JY1e1 TIL that Kenny in South Park was based off of a childhood friend of Trey Parker's; his running gag of dying in most episodes was because he would skip school from time to time, only to show up days later.

0wAaN TIL that in 2008, an Australian court case costing over a million dollars had to be aborted when it was realized that five out of the twelve jurors were playing Sudoku instead of paying attention.

Mej8K TIL when Python Lee Jackson first released "In a Broken Dream", their single with Rod Stewart vocals, in 1970, the song failed to chart. But when they re-released the song in 1972, after Stewart became a star, the song reached #3 on the UK single chart.

4aMJ TIL Mark Twain was born and died in the same years that Halley’s Comet flew by the Earth. Twain said, “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.” He died of a heart attack day after the Comet’s closest approach in 1910.