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TIL Sex Pistols were supposed to play Saturday Night Live when they came to America but Sid Vicious's visa problems delayed them too much. Malcolm McLaren recommended Elvis Costello to sub in and on the show Elvis's drummer wears a shirt saying "Thanks Malc"

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ZwAa TIL Matthew Broderick and John Cusack were first chosen to play Walter White in Breaking Bad, but they refused.
EdGX TIL that mapmakers for Esso invented a fake town called Agloe, New York, as a way of catching anyone who copied their maps. The trap was ruined when county officials registered Agloe as a real town.
b9yj9 TIL that sponges can reproduce sexually. They can also reproduce asexually but I still find this weird.
OG5wX TIL Indian yellow pigment is claimed to have been originally manufactured in rural India from the urine of cattle fed only on mango leaves and water.
8aRNb TIL that since 1937, hundreds of Santas a year have attended the Santa School in Michigan, with curriculum including Santa history, sign language, handling difficult present requests, sleigh flight lessons, and the habits of live reindeer.