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TIL that in Alien, the blue laser lights that were used in the alien ship’s egg chamber were borrowed from The Who, since the band was testing out the lasers next door.

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Wk8o TIL celibacy rules for priests arose so the Church, not children, would inherit their money
GAQJN TIL Randy Rhoads died in a plane piloted by their tour bus driver that he took without permission after stopping to have their bus serviced near an airstrip. He made one trip transporting people but kept "buzzing" (flying right above) the bus to scare passengers until he flew too low and clipped it.
4Xo4b TIL Bessie Coleman was an American Aviator and the first black woman to earn a pilot's license.Because flying schools in the United States denied her entry,she taught herself French and moved to France,earning her license from France's well-known Caudron Brother's School of Aviation in just 7 months
KO5w4 TIL Will smith turned down an offer to go to MIT because he was already successful in entertainment.
Br9Jb TIL that Logic’s song ‘1800-273-8255’ saved hundreds of lives because it is the number for the suicide prevention hotline, says study. After he performed the song in 2018 at the Grammys, suicide rates among 10-19 year olds dropped by 5.5 percent.