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TIL Dave Grohl wrote and recorded an entire album by himself, singing and playing each instrument in the studio. He chose the name Foo Fighters to hide his identity. After a record label picked it up he needed to recruit members to perform the songs live. Thus the Foo Fighters were created.

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X0nxR TIL there’s a syndrome that happens when some people get to Paris due to the level of disappointment felt.
6ErQQ TIL of the “Buckskin Girl” murdered 40 years ago, and unable to be identified but named after her coat. In 2017 an unrefrigerated lab vial of her blood was successfully DNA analysed. Her mother was located still living in the same house, refusing to move or change phone numbers hoping for her return
Wk54o TIL about the hidden genocide in West Papua happening since 1969, where over 500,000 natives have been killed. The presence of large gold and copper mines drive Indonesian interests there, who do not allow the presence of international journalists in West Papua.
OoN44 TIL that for the film 'Green Book', Kris Bowers had to step in to play piano for Mahershala Ali, since the original recordings were too low-quality to use. Bowers had never heard of Don Shirley before he was asked this, and had to teach Ali to play piano realistically for the part.
dDY4d TIL before working together in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Alan Ruck and Matthew Broderick had acted together in the Broadway production of Biloxi Blues. Cameron's "Mr. Peterson" voice was Ruck's in-joke imitation of their former director Gene Saks.