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TIL Eddie Van Halen agreed to play the Guitar Solo for Michael Jackson's Beat It under 2 conditions. That he not get credit and that he wouldn't tell his band.

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K5J6 TIL that Disney World is located in and governed by the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a jurisdiction created by Disney that is exempt from all Florida land use laws
xVy7B TIL The Censored Eleven are eleven Looney Tunes and Merrie Nelodies cartoons banned since 1968 because the use of ethnic stereotypes were deemed too offensive and no amount of editing could ever make them acceptable. Warner Bros. announced an uncensored release in 2010 but it was never released.
gMbVL TIL Cary Grant, a leading male actor in the Golden Age of Hollywood, dropped acid once a week in his later years - under a therapist's care, to help address past trauma
ZpWvv TIL in 1982 43% of dads had never changed a diaper
7rP8L TIL 676 human skulls was unearthed under the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City. These were the first evidence found that the Aztecs sacrificed women and children that they captured from other nations. As of 2017, the bottom of the pile of skulls still hasn't been reached by excavations.