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TIL Michael Caine only agreed to be in 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' because his 7-year-old daughter was too young to see his other films, and he wanted her to watch him in something.

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wLYYM TIL that when the NFL football team Seattle Seahawks invited a retired 4 star general to their facility, Seattles head coach Pete Carroll blitzed him with questions about whether the 9/11 attacks “had been planned or faked” by the government.
xxXB TIL that in 1984, Steven Tyler heard an old Aerosmith song on the radio and didn’t recognize it due to memory loss from years of drug use. He suggested to the band that they record a cover version. Joe Perry told him “It’s us, fuckhead.”
MeN6V TIL in 75 BC, pirates seized a vessel that Julius Caesar was in, and held him for ransom. Caesar was insulted at the ransom, which he saw as too low, and promised to crucify the pirates. At his insistence the pirates raised the demand. After he was freed, he captured the pirates and crucified them.
eNmJ TIL Chess was invented in India
xA5o TIL That people with “Morton’s toe” (correct term: Morton’s Foot Syndrome) actually have a shortened first metatarsal behind the big toe rather than an extra elongated one in the second toe.