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TIL “Eye Of The Tiger” was created to be the theme for Rocky III because Queen wouldn’t give Sylvester Stallone the rights to use “Another One Bites The Dust”

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Z8j7Q TIL That when Ben Rea (UK) died in May 1988, he bequeathed his £7-million ($12.5-million) fortune to Blackie, the last surviving of the 15 cats he shared his mansion with. The millionaire antiques dealer and recluse refused to recognize his family in his will. He left his wealth to his cats.
VMVGG TIL lead is used as a coolant in nuclear reactors
j6rlv TIL of the Transfermium Wars, a controversy between US and Soviet scientists about the names of super-heavy elements. The final outcome was to name element 104 as "rutherfordium", element 105 as "dubnium" and element 106 as "seaborgium", which more closely matched the US than the Soviet proposals.
6EG4l TIL Actor Kal Penn raised over $800,000 for charity in the name of a guy who commented that Kal ‘doesn’t belong in America’
6eZZ TIL after his wife died, Rick Moranis quit Hollywood so he could spend his time raising his children.