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TIL in 2005, Michael Jackson planned to build a 50ft robot of himself that would "wander in the [Nevada] desert as an advertisement" for a proposed Las Vegas residency. Funding problems shelved both the robot and residency, and a Nov 2009 meeting to revisit the idea was cancelled once Jackson died

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W5VN TIL When Jack Warner cast My Fair Lady, Julie Andrews was overlooked for the part, despite being Eliza on stage. When she won Best Actress on the golden globes for Mary Poppins against Audrey Hepburn (who played Eliza) , she got her revenge by thanking Jack for making it all possible.
oRY6W TIL that Robert Wadlow is the tallest man in history at 8 ft 11.1inchs.
PYryn TIL Ted Koppel stopped reporting on the 1996 Republican Convention after stating there was no news left to cover and calling it "more of an infomercial than a news event".
PYxoe TIL Erik the Red was a Viking who was exiled from Norway for murder so he moved to Iceland but again was exiled for murder. So he took 500 men & women, founded Greenland, & declared himself chieftain.
PYj5O TIL the letter Y is not just "sometimes" a vowel. It is almost always a vowel. It is only a consonant around 2.5% of the time.