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TIL X-Men and Star Trek had a crossover

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DQDlV TIL Tossing Puffin Chicks off of a cliff in Iceland is vital to the survival of the species
OoWDX TIL Rick Wakeman started to wear capes onstage in order to hide the weird way he moved while operating footpedals, which a journalist said made him look like a demented spider. In some countries now, a show organiser will write into his contract that he must wear a cape
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