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TIL Jack Nicholson was charged with assault and vandalism after bashing in a car roof/windshield during a road rage incident. Charges were dropped after he wrote a check for 500K. Two years later he was sued for breaking a woman's breast implant, and another for assault on a woman he bribed for sex.

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nWDPB TIL Soon after signing to Fire, in November 1985, lead singer of Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, fell out of a window while trying to impress a girl with a Spider-Man impression and ended up in hospital, temporarily requiring the use of a wheelchair, in which he appeared during concerts.
NPoJ TIL an annual tradition at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is a double feature viewing of The Thing and The Shining after the last flight has left for the winter
nPjW TIL that in the 1980s pop juggernauts Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury were making a highly anticipated album together but had a falling out after finishing only three tracks. Michael objected to Freddie’s excessive cocaine use, and Freddie didn’t want Michael’s pet llama Louie in the studio.
vMxj TIL Pornography users found to be more supportive of women and hold less sexist views than nonusers in representative US sample.
b9pEj TIL Russia attempted to send a satellite, Luna 15, to the moon to collect rocks and fire them back to Earth to beat the US in obtaining them first. In the end, Luna 15 crashed into the moon a safe distance away, just a few hours before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin began their journey home.