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Today I learned Quentin Tarantino was an Elvis Impersonator on The Golden Girls and received $3,000 in royalties which helped fund his directing career.

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J1lmB TIL that to satisfy a record contract, goth rocker Andrew Eldritch recorded an album as the band SSV-NSMABAAOTWMODAACOTIATW, said to stand for "Screw Shareholder Value - Not So Much a Band as Another Opportunity to Waste Money on Drugs and Ammunition Courtesy of the Idiots at Time Warner.”
LrXp TIL the documents pertaining to Martin Luther King’s assassination is only slated to be released by the US government in 2027
X0DxP TIL the Desmond Llewelyn, the original Q in the 007 movies, was a WW2 POW at Colditz Castle with the founder of the SAS.
ZxDQ TIL after WW2, a Jewish assassin group nicknamed “nokmim” sought out those who terrorized jews and/or their families during the war and meticulously executed them.
ADwdg Today I learned that 15th April is celebrated as "World Art Day" as it is the birthday of the famous sculptor, inventor and painter, Leonardo Da Vinci.