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TIL In 1970 a then-unknown Elton John auditioned for the lead vocalist position in King Crimson. The band considered hiring him, but decided against it.

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LQx0d TIL that in 1978, Kim Jong Il abducted the famous South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee and her then ex-husband, director Shin Sang-ok, in order to make North Korean propaganda films. Shin attempted to flee and was imprisoned for 3 years before finally agreeing to shoot the films. They escaped in 1986.
4ka7b TIL scientists were "blown away" when they found a 1,700-year-old chicken egg in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire with the yolk and egg white still inside. It's thought to be the only one of its kind.
EGd0 TIL Vanna White announced a pregnancy through a Wheel of Fortune puzzle. Sadly, just days after taping, she had miscarried.
Mg08 TIL every fig has a dead wasp in it.
x6kb0 TIL of Aphantasia and Anauralia, a condition in which people cannot visualise or hear things in their mind - in other words, they do not possess a functioning "mind's eye" or "mind's ear"