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TIL that the character of Sam Malone in TV sitcom CHEERS, early in the casting process comedian Bill Cosby was considered. The role went to Ted Danson in the end.

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w4QY TIL in 1992 dance/pop duo The KLF were invited to play at the BRIT awards. They unexpectedly performed with a grindcore metal band, fired machine gun blanks into the audience, announced they were leaving the music industry, dumped a dead sheep at the afterparty, and deleted their entire back catalog
v18Kj TIL that sand tiger embryos will consume their siblings before being born.
68eX TIL an Iraqi suicide bombing instructor accidentally used live explosives while conducting a demonstration and blew himself up together with 21 members of his class
d8LAK TIL the child actress playing Annie, sampled by Jay-Z for "Hard Knock Life", retired from acting and become a successful songwriter herself (New Radicals "You Get What You Give", "Lost Stars" from Begin Again, etc)
rRZx1 TIL in the 1960s you could buy a variety of monkeys from the Sears catalog as pets, each for about $50.