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TIL The “Can-Can” song was originally composed for an opera as a soundtrack to a man descending into hell.

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gMBmy TIL Amancio Ortega, the 6th richest person in the world, has only given three interviews ever. He also refuses to wear a tie or fancy clothes and wears a simple blazer and gray pants to work every day.
5VMxP TIL the original Beetlejuice script was less humorous and more dark with the initial fatal car accident depicted graphically. Betelgeuse himself was supposed to be a winged demon who takes the form of a short MiddleEastern man. He also wants to kill the Deetzes and wants sex from Lydia not marriage
jNJ8N TIL in 2001, The South African version of "Sesame Street" introduced Kami, the first HIV-positive Muppet to address the stigma behind HIV/AIDS and help parents better understand the illness.
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Lkd4Q TIL critics who had said that piano recordings by Matsuzawa were some of the worst ever, went on to say that those by Joyce Hatto were some of the best ever, even though they were in fact the very same tapes.