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TIL that Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour paid for the demo tape which launched the 16 year old Kate Bush’s career.

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dDrPK TIL the last successful Fair catch kick in the NFL was in 1976
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ax9L TIL During WWII, Major Hajime Fuji, a training instructor, presented his petition to serve as a kamikaze pilot written in blood; his wife drowned herself and their children so that he should have no conflicting ties.
a8xJy TIL that in King Kong vs Godzilla (1962), For the attack of the giant octopus, four live octopuses were used. Three of them were released after filming the scene, the 4th became the special effects directors dinner that night.
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