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TIL Prince turned down major label record deals at the age of 15 because they wouldn't let him produce himself.

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g58X TIL a German man broke into prison every night to visit his girlfriend
4kaaJ TIL hours before he shot and killed John Lennon on December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman had John autograph his copy of "Double Fantasy".
l7Y55 TIL Shelley Duvall was nominated in the first Razzies for worst actress for her role in The Shining
yQO0l TIL that the cast and crew of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia had no idea that they'd been nominated for a People's Choice Award until after they'd won it.
nW97B TIL the first digital computer, ENIAC, was programmed by six women in the 1940s. Fran Bilas, Betty Jennings, Ruth Lichterman, Kay McNulty, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff's contributions were overlooked for decades. Their pioneering work laid the foundation for modern computing.