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TIL the jacket worn on the cover of Michael Jackson's BAD album was made by a cult

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RMw8 TIL when asked by a kidnapper to get out of the car, Princess Anne replied “Not bloody likely!”, before diving out of the far side.
awdmN TIL: Patch Adams only agreed to the 1999 film of his namesake because they promised to help build his hospital. None of the profits from the film was ever given to his foundation, and the film was heavily criticised by Patch Adams himself, saying: "I hate that movie."
9w9p TIL Before making his name as an actor, Steve Buscemi (known for roles in Fargo, Boardwalk Empire) worked as a firefighter in Manhattan. In the days after 9/11, he returned to his old firehouse as a volunteer on “the Pile.”
GOa5 TIL of Frank Nelson Cole. At a 1903 meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Cole—while remaining completely silent—showed on a chalkboard an important new proof by, among other things, calculating 193,707,721 × 761,838,257,287 by hand. He sat down after an hour to a standing ovation.
d5WK TIL that Andrew Jackson’s parrot had to be removed from his funeral because it kept screaming profanities during the service.