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TIL Ace of Base got their big break when a record producer got their demo stuck in his tape player forcing him to listen repeatedly to what would become “All That She Wants”

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ydGJ TIL the original Halo was 3rd person and designed for Mac. In 2000 Microsoft bought Bungie and made it an exclusive for the original Xbox.
1OR7 TIL that even though Vin Diesel’s part in Guardians of the Galaxy consists only of saying “I am Groot” repeatedly, Diesel had the director explain to him what his character was trying to express with each line. Diesel did multiple takes on each line until he was happy with it.
EmEd TIL that the primary ingredient in sugar-free Tic Tacs is sugar. Manufacturer Ferrero openly admits to exploiting a regulatory loophole.
yQD0V TIL that a brilliant young British physicist, Henry Moseley, was killed in World War I only at an age of 27. Because of that, during the WW II it was British government policy to give "bright, young scientists" safer job to keep them alive.
Wrr9 TIL that Cindy Crawford won a scholarship to Northwestern for Chemical Engineering; she was also valedictorian of her high school.