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TIL Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury collaborated with each other in the 80s, but Mercury broke it off because Jackson kept bringing in his pet llama to the recording studio

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W8Wd TIL when the 1979 film The China Syndrome, about a coverup at a nuclear plant, was released, it was denounced as a ‘character assassination of an entire industry’. 12 days later, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred.
xV9m5 TIL famous chemist and lifelong bachelor Robert Bunsen once proposed to a girl who said yes, but he then lost himself in his work for a few weeks. When he finally emerged from his lab, he couldn't remember if he ever proposed or not, so he did it again, only to have her turn him down.
m1JLE TIL that the term "OK" originated during the 1830s as a humorous abbreviation of "oll korrect," which was a misspelling of "all correct.
ANy7 TIL Subway was the largest fast food chain on Earth, with 33,749 restaurants worldwide - 1,012 more than McDonald’s.
8eQkL TIL that in Japan, there is a hotel run entirely by robots. From check-in to room service, everything is handled by a team of friendly machines