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TIL that Christopher Walken Used To Work As A Lion Tamer

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BrD0K TIL, during the opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, organisers made a random girl to mime a song because the original singer was not allowed to appear because, according to the organisers, she was not photogenic enough.
BrQ0r TIL that Ruth Coker Burkes cared for hundreds of people dying of AIDS, abandoned by their families because of their "sin".
0AXM TIL a German mathematician spent a decade writing a 200 page manuscript about drawing a regular 65537 sided polygon with a compass and a straightedge
EgpW TIL in the 90s Johnny Depp trashed a NYC hotel room and when confronted by the authorities claimed an armadillo was responsible for the damage. It apparently leaped from a cupboard before trashing the room and throwing itself out the window.
MQxb TIL that the largest solar energy plant in the world may create a number of safety hazards once it is up and running. Critics have argued that it would be powerful enough to vaporize birds, blind drivers miles away, flip small airplanes, and attract Air Force heat-seeking missiles.