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TIL Tupac Shakur auditioned for the role of Bubba in Forrest Gump.

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oBQv8 TIL in 2008, after learning that Britney Spears was going through a hard time, Eric Idle changed a lyric referencing Britney in the song “Diva’s Lament” from his musical Spamalot “because we don't laugh at sad people.”
9OkX TIL a serial killer in New Orleans stated he would kill again on the night of March 19, 1919, but would spare the occupants of any place where a jazz band was playing. On that night, all dance halls reached capacity and amateur bands played jazz at hundreds of house parties. There were no murders.
wow7W TIL that in 1857, Mormon saints killed an entire wagon train of 120 Arkansans bound for California when they passed through southern Utah. Later dubbed the "Mountain Meadows Massacre," they left only 17 survivors, all under the age of 5, and attempted to raise them in the LDS faith.
oRpbL TIL that FOX’s In Living Color aired a live episode during the 1992 Super Bowl halftime, pulling over 20 million viewers and forcing the NFL to rethink halftime shows, leading to Michael Jackson’s iconic 1993 performance.
EwoV TIL Freddie Mercury spent his last months recording as many vocals as he could for the rest of Queen to finish after his death