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TIL That The Male Lead Singer For The Heavy Metal Band King Kobra Became A Woman

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nWKWG TIL that while Robert Altman only earned $70 K for directing "MASH", his 15 y/o son earned more than $1 million for the five minutes it took him to write lyrics to the theme song, "Suicide is Painless"
899X TIL that the doctor who treated U.S. president James A. Garfield after he was fatally wounded by an assassin’s bullet was named Dr. Doctor Willard Bliss, a doctor whose first name was actually “Doctor.”
n7XW TIL Isaac Newton was elected as a Member of Parliament in 1689 and served for exactly one year. During that time, he said one and only one sentence during the lengthy proceedings: he asked a nearby usher to close an open, drafty window.
Lkm6d TIL The Edge of Daybreak, a 70s R&B band, recorded their album Eyes of Love in prison. The album was recorded in one take in the visiting room.
8ewe8 TIL that Peni Parker from Into the Spiderverse was created by Gerard Way (lead singer of My Chemical Romance and creator of The Umbrella Academy). He wrote the comic book she debuted in.