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TIL in 1977, a drunk Sid Vicious burst into the wrong studio, confronted Freddie Mercury who was sat alone and snarled ‘Ello’ Fred! Still bringin’ ballet to the masses?’ to which Mercury replied politely 'Ah Mr Ferocious…. We are doing our best, dear’ and shoved him through the door.

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ZpKDR TIL about the Epic of Manas, a 500,000 lines long Kyrgyz poem which was transmitted by word of mouth for centuries, and holds tge Guinness world record for longest poem
rJl4 TIL that selling stolen artifacts is the 3rd most profitable wing of the black market, after drugs and weapons.
OoJme TIL of the first native English teacher in Japan, Ranald MacDonald (a grandson of Comcomly), who risked death to enter Japan in 1848. One of his students was Einosuke Moriyama. Despite this, he died a poor man in Washington state. His last words were reportedly "Sayonara, my dear, sayonara..."
W8BY TIL syphilis was first recorded in Europe in 1494, with the hypothesis that it originated in the America’s and was brought to Italy by way of the Columbian Trade.
vpbK TIL JFK’s elder brother Joseph was groomed and predicted to be President but he was killed in WW2, transferring the expectations to the younger JFK