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TIL the first music video ever played on MTV was titled "Video Killed The Radio Star"

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woylY TIL Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States & mastermind behind the D Day attacks was the president of Columbia University.
6999Y TIL that during the production of Ghostbusters (1984), the name wasn’t allowed to be used since it was already used by 70’s kids show called “The Ghost Busters.” As a result, there were alternatives names, with one of them being “Ghostsmashers”. Eventually, the studio got the rights to the name.
9Jm7 TIL Ex-Beatle George Harrison was forced against his will to sign a guitar for his cancer doctor as he lay dying. He also broke Harrison’s confidentiality agreement by announcing he was in cancer treatment. He was later convicted of malpractice in 20 other cases.