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TIL that the portrait of Carlotta Valdez featured in an iconic scene of Vertigo has gone missing and has not been seen since 1957.

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d8mEE TIL Tommy James and the Shondells declined an invitation to perform at the Woodstock festival, because James' secretary put it to him as "Yeah, listen, there's this pig farmer in upstate New York that wants you to play in his field."
Oo9Lg TIL Charlie Chaplain composed the music for almost all of his films and played the Piano, Violin and Cello, despite not knowing how to read sheet music
a8djJ TIL Tracy Chapman's musical career took off following her appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concerts in 1988. Following the second concert, her already successful album, "Tracy Chapman", went from 250,000 copies sold to over 2 millions.
LkyNP TIL Chicago is named the Windy City because in the mid 1800’s, journalists thought that the well to do and politicians were “windbags” that only cared about money.
GYXOg TIL the bomber cockpit in Dr. Strangelove was based on a B-29 cockpit because the real B-52 bombers were off limit to the film crew. It turned out to be so accurate that Stanley Kubrick feared that his research team had done their job illegally and that they're about to be investigated by the FBI.