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TIL that during the recording of the title track for the James Bond film "Thunderball" Tom Jones held the final high note for so long that he fainted in the recording booth.

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pBLG TIL that many films/TV shows, including Gremlins, Desperate Housewives, The Munsters, Beethoven, Deep Impact, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, as well as music videos by The Offspring and P. Diddy, were all filmed at the same backlot street set at Universal Studios Hollywood, using the same houses.
xx4B TIL bowling originated as a religious ceremony. A stone was rolled at the Kegel, which represented the Heide (heathen), and those successfully toppling it were believed to have cleansed themselves of sin.
XwlP TIL Swedish magician Lennart Green was disqualified from a large annual magic convention in 1988 because the judges accused him of using assistants in his act to shuffle the cards. 3 years later he performed the same act but instead had the judges shuffle the cards…he was awarded first place
BrZrb TIL about a glitch in World of Warcraft that helped real world epidemiologists study how people react during the outbreak of a disease.
R7088 TIL that long-nosed bats help bring the world tequila by pollinating agave plants every autumn during their 2,000 mile migration from Arizona to Mexico.