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TIL: a group of audiophiles were unable to tell the difference between music transmitted over monster cables vs a coat hanger.

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VMOGk TIL that Robin Williams was persuaded to star in Aladdin, after animators showed him several test sequences of the Genie performing his stand-up routines. He was impressed by one sequence in particular; of the Genie growing another head to argue with himself.
ANZa4 TIL of Lazarus Colloredo, who was sentenced to death for killing a man. He was spared when he argued that his parasitic twin was innocent and wasn't deserving of death.
KYQnG TIL In 2003, two men stole & flew a Boeing 727-223 parked at the Luanda International Airport (in Angola) and neither of them was qualified to fly the plane. The plane & the men are missing to date.
MvoK TIL that Micheal Keaton was a stagehand on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood stating, “He was the same off camera as he was on, and everything was fresh–the music, the opening number. Nothing was ever canned.”
R7j09 TIL A toothpaste was sold in early 20th century Germany which was slightly radioactive because it contained small amounts of thorium. Its radioactivity was promoted as imparting health benefits and the product is exemplary of the radioactive quackery which thrived in those times