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oDgR TIL that Christina Hendricks’ agency fired her for taking the role of Joan Holloway on Mad Men
wa7Y TIL Isaac Newton was so obsessed with turning base metal to gold that samples of his hair showed mercury levels up to 40 times higher than average. This is considered to be the reason he went mad in his later years.
loRQK TIL Angus Maclise, the original drummer of The Velvet Undeground, quit because he thought that the band had sold out by taking a paying gig.
wLGJM TIL that so many employees play online games during work hours, that Kongregate notices a significant drop-off in traffic around the time people start heading home. Another survey by PopCap Games, the company behind Bejeweled, indicated that 24 percent of respondents play games at work.
p880N TIL that the first documented use of fireworks in the UK was in 1486 at Henry VII's wedding, and that Elizabeth I enjoyed fireworks so much that she had a "Fire Master" to oversee royal displays