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5kA9 TIL Tom Marvolo Riddle’s name had to be translated into 68 languages, while still being an anagram for “I am Lord Voldemort”, or something of equal meaning.
X0KG6 TIL that Duran Duran was chosen to do the theme song for James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985) after bassist John Taylor drunkenly asked producer Albert Broccoli, "When are you going to get someone decent to do one of your theme songs?"
x6kPD TIL of The Beetle (1897), a novel about a shapeshifter in London. It was so popular upon release, that it sold six times as many copies as Dracula.
1RLD TIL Bram Stoker’s widow won a copyright lawsuit against the makers of the German classic film “Nosferatu.” Though the courts ordered all copies of the film burned, one survived hidden and was copied and disseminated making “Nosferatu” the first cult movie.
KYy0w TIL that dental cavities are usually filled with a mercury-based alloy. Dental offices typically disposed of the excess by pouring it down the drain, a practice that was only outlawed in the United States in 2017.