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746Z TIL the song “Edelweiss” in “The Sound of Music” was written for the musical, but sounded so much like a classic folk song that after the first performances, native Austrians said they were delighted to “hear that old folk tune again”
b6nA4 TIL that in Wuppertal, Germany in 1950, the circus elephant Tuffi broke through a window of a moving overhead railway and fell 12 metres down in a river, while on promotion tour for a circus. Luckily she survived with minor injuries.
8ePEK TIL Known as Evil Morty theme song (Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda) is based on Chopin's Nocturne Op. 55 No. 1.
Br8ne TIL that, in 1954, Betty White was criticized for having Arthur Duncan, a black performer, on her show. When the show went national, affiliates from southern states complained and Betty said "I'm sorry. Live with it" and gave Duncan more airtime. The show was soon cancelled.
QJWNa Ian Fleming's last words were an apology to his ambulance drivers - "I am sorry to trouble you chaps. I don't know how you get along so fast with the traffic on the roads these days".