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TIL that Jim “Miami” Beach in addition to managing the band Queen also was the manager of the comedy group Monty Python.

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bxPE TIL Patrick Stewart was initially considered for the role of Data in Star Trek the Next Generation. Roddenberry did not want to cast Stewart as Picard, since he had envisioned an actor who was “masculine, virile, and had a lot of hair”.
NxJ TIL Foreign language translations had to change Tom Marvolo Riddle’s name so that an appropriate anagram could be formed from “I am Lord Voldemort.”
xV9dw TIL of the ARP 2600 Synth used to make some of the greatest sounds of the 70s. Edgar Winter, The Who and Star Wars
4y9a TIL Nigerian scammers once sold a fake airport to a major international bank for $242 million, and the scam wasn’t discovered till 3 years later.
W9P9 TIL that if their characters had aged in a normal timeline based on their first appearance, Tommy Pickles would be 24 years old, Stewie Griffin would be 15, Cartman would be 27, Bart Simpson 33, and Charlie Brown 67.