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TIL that Dave Grohl is the drummer on all three Tenacious D studio albums.

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W6rL TIL that Richard Mansfield, one of the first actors to play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was so good at acting a psychopath that he became a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders, was reported to the police and had his career decline afterwards from suspicion.
yVdgl TIL that in 1962 there was a laughing epidemic in what was Tanganyika that caused 14 schools to shut down and affected over 1000 people.
OMJ4 TIL a POW named Charlie Cavendish told Swiss inspectors of the awful conditions that they were living in. He knew that the SS would kill him for doing so, but continued anyway to save his fellow men, which he did. Cavendish was missing at roll call the next day and was never seen again.
7lJL TIL that Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) and Rick Astley (Rick-rolled) both sang backup vocals on the song “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King
DQojv TIL about an 1100 acre artificial cave that acts as a storage facility.