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TIL, Simon Cowell’s first job in show business was cleaning Jack Nicholson’s ax on the set of “The Shining”

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DQpkr TIL Musical Saturist Tom Lehrer released all his music and Lyrics in to the Public Domain in 2007 - and is still alive
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