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5xER TIL when Nathan Lane told his mother he was gay, she replied “I would rather you were dead”. To which Nathan said, “I knew you’d understand.”
wLonE TIL the first studio recording of Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren" was a version by Pat Boone, released in 1969 a year before Buckley's own version in 1970.
1oWW TIL Stephen Hawkings had a party for time travelers. No one showed up.
xVlN5 TIL about 35 percent of British adults still sleep with a teddy bear.