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TIL That the most unlikely Celebs are geniuses (Dolph Lundgren!)

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veD4 TIL the Foo Fighter’s song “Hey, Johnny Park” is named so because Dave Grohl’s (frontman) old best friend growing up was named Johnny Park. Dave hoped that his old friend would see that Dave named a song after him and would give him a call after years without communication.
16Jgr TIL Picasso died in 1973, which is approximately two hundred years later than when I thought he lived.
MmJV TIL: Charles Goodyear, credited with the invention of vulcanized rubber, did not found the Goodyear Tire Company.
0g7A TIL During WWII more people were killed building V2 rockets than were killed by the rockets themselves
VMrZm TIL Each episode of A.L.F. (Alien Life Form) took 20-25 hours to shoot and was extremely demanding on the crew. Max Wright, the dad in the show, despised supporting a demanding inanimate object and at one time become "crazed", physically attacking the puppet.