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TIL - Eddie Van Halen didnt ask for royalties after completing Michael Jacksons Beat it guitar solo, he did it as a favor

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VPvQ TIL that during the Korean War, the U.S Military ran out of mortar rounds and as a result accidentally ordered thousands of crates of ‘Tootsie Rolls’ candy. This is because the U.S Army used 'Tootsie Roll’ as a slang code for mortar shells.
d18r TIL The European Spanish version of the “Hasta la Vista, baby” quote from Terminator 2 was “Sayonara, baby.”
MeVBW TIL that David Bowie and Brian Eno jammed with Devo in 1977 and Mark Mothersbaugh has the secret tapes
LkXA0 TIL that when casting Oliwia Dabrowska as 'The Girl In the Red Coat' in Schindler's List, Steve Spielberg asked her not to watch the film until she eighteen. She watched it when she turned eleven and was horrified.
x6E1b TIL that a 68-year-old inmate in Malta was fined €800 for telling the former prisons director and two guards to “kiss my balls”, but he appealed the sentence and won