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TIL at David Niven's funeral, the largest wreath was from the porters at Heathrow Airport with a card reading "To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a porter feel like a king."

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AwnB TIL The Gnarls Barkley song ‘Crazy’ topped the UK charts for so long it was eventually pulled so people would “remember the song fondly and not get sick of it.”
N76gN TIL that Rod Serling wrote one of "The Twilight Zone" episodes as his reaction to JFK assassination. The episode ends with the news broadcast saying that the sky has turned dark over the street in Dallas; as well as North Vietnam, part of the Berlin Wall and "other places of hate around the world".
eajE TIL the most painful sting on the planet belongs to the Bullet Ant. “…according to some victims, equal to being shot with a bullet, or worse, hence the name of the insect.”
ADval TIL that Train Simulator costs almost $10,000 if you buy it with all the DLCs.
PQxE TIL that Spielberg committed to directing Raiders while building a sandcastle with George Lucas in Hawaii.