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GYngg TIL While recording "The Show Must Go On", Brian May doubted that Freddie Mercury would be able to sing the highly demanding vocals due to Freddie's declining health. To May's surprise, Freddie downed a vodka, said "I'll fucking do it, darling!" and then, in May's words, he "went in and killed it".
YOxZ TIL David Tennant was almost cast as Dr.Hannibal Lecter in NBC ¨Hannibal¨, the last two candidate being him and Mads Mikkelsen.
E1kmV TIL that "Louie Louie" has been covered by The Beach Boys, The Kinks, Jim Morrison, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Blondie, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, the Grateful Dead, Otis Redding, The Stooges, Joan Jett, Motorhead, Black Flag, Iggy Pop, and Toots & The Maytals
8eAG TIL that, statistically, if humans were biologically immortal, the average lifespan would be around 600-700 years.