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VBL1m TIL The days of the week were named after the planets: Sun, Moon, Mars (Ares), Mercury (Hermes), Jupiter (Zeus), Venus (Aphrodite) and Saturn (Cronos_
KY9PE TIL the most expensive single scene shot on the entire run of The Office was Jim & Pam's proposal scene which cost $250,000 and lasted 52 seconds. The gas station set was built in about nine days in a parking lot. It had a four lane racetrack around it with 35 precision drivers on it.
WkDvo TIL Beethoven dedicated his 3rd symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte. Then changed the name to "Eroica" one he heard Napoleon crowned himself emperor
py94 TIL: Randy Quaid (National Lampoon’s Cousin Eddy) is a wanted felon
Z8VMG TIL Alice in Chains' "Man in the Box" was influenced after Layne Staley had a dinner conversation on how veal was made from calves raised in small boxes. This eventually inspired him to write the lyrics about government censorship and eating meat as seen through the eyes of a doomed calf.