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aeVA TIL that Jim Carrey was attached to work on ‘Meet the Parents’ and came up with the name 'Focker’ in a creative meeting for the film.
vPJdK TIL that John Lennon and George Harrison were introduced to psychedelics after a guest at a party they were both attending spiked their drinks without their knowledge. Later that night, while in the elevator at a club, Harrison and Lennon thought it was on fire, becoming “hot and hysterical.”
pjvG TIL That the Vatican tried to keep The Miserere for itself by forbidding any publications or copies from being made. Plan worked for over 100 years until a 14 year old Mozart came along and reproduced it faithfully from memory.
oRx4A TIL of NYC's Clean Car Program: after years of unsuccessfully preventing tagging of parked subway cars, NYC changed its approach in 1984. Any cars with graffiti were cleaned within two hours or removed from service. The last graffiti covered car was removed from service on May 12, 1989.
8axAL TIL Teachers at a Florida elementary placed books inside the school vending machine. Students can buy books using tokens earned from doing good deeds or working hard in class