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TIL Michael Jackson's Billie Jean was the original 'Stan'. There was no actual Billie Jean - it was a term given to represent crazy groupie women who hooked up with Michael's brothers then claimed their children was his.

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VJgD TIL that a person using homemade equipment recorded the Apollo astronauts speaking from the moon during the first landings. He had hoped to catch NASA out but was disappointed to find that the live TV coverage matched his own recordings.
wLyAJ TIL : In 2010, blooper footage surfaced in which ALF was made to deliver racial jokes and sexual comments. He was actually mocking a then-recent episode of L.A. Law dealing with Tourette syndrome. Producer Steve Lamar stated that the footage was from an era when things were not so "ridiculously PC".
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