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TIL that actor Mark Lindsay Chapman, lost the part of John Lennon in a 1985 biopic because Yoko Ono thought him having the same name as Lennon's killer was "bad karma". Linsday would eventually play Lennon in the 2007 movie Chapter 27... a movie that mostly focused on his killer, Mark David Chapman

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R7x7Q TIL that despite that the Canadian tv channel that it airs on (Family TV) being owned by the media company that produced the show (DHX Media) the remainder of the Canadian teen series Backstage has not aired on it and the latest new episode was shown on April 20, 2019. Reruns are still airing there.
NXZWN TIL A replica of Romulus' hut was maintained in the centre of Rome until the end of the Roman Empire.
KOYr6 TIL that "Ma'nene" is a rare death ritual in Troaja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia where family members remove dead relatives from their graves, dust them off, change their clothes and let them dry in the sun.
dDX8r TIL the Irish tenor Ronan Tynan, known in the U.S. for "God Bless America," is a double amputee who competed in track and field and equestrian at the 1984 and 1988 Paralympics, winning four gold medals. He's also a medical doctor specializing in orthopedics.
a8An0 TIL Fatbergs! Fatbergs are formed when oil, grease and fat poured down drains combine with non-biodegradable items such as wet wipes, nappies and cotton buds. One of them became famous around the world: Fatty mc fatberg! It weighed 130 tonnes and was 250 meters long. This was in Whitechapel, London.