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TIL the Reno 911! pilot was conceived and shot in 5 days. The team had worked on a series of pilots, one of which, after a year’s worth of development, was terminated the day before shooting. The team asked if they could make another pilot (Reno 911!) with the remaining funds, and executives agreed.

by whatilearned July 1, 2022, 5:11 pm

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TIL that Gene Wilder agreed to be Willy Wonka on one condition. He said they would have to include Wonka’s entrance scene where he uses a cane, then falls, does a somersault, and jumps back up. When asked why, he said: “Because from that time on, no one will know if I’m lying or telling the truth.”

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 5:37 pm

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TIL Apparently, it’s agreed upon that in an alzheimer’s paitient Music Boosts Brain Activity, an in some cases, the last thing they will remember is their favorite song, or any familiar songs that one has listened to.

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 4:26 pm

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TIL Lower Merion School District spied on students at home and in their bedrooms, by remotely activating webcams embedded in school-issued laptops. Over 66,000 screenshots were taken without consent. The school district agreed to pay $610,000 to settle the lawsuits.

by whatilearned June 14, 2022, 5:05 am

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TIL that when Vincent Price agreed to do the voice work for Thriller he was given a choice between taking a percentage of the album proceeds or being paid a flat $20K. He chose the $20K

by whatilearned June 5, 2022, 12:35 pm

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TIL that in 1889 the US Congress created a committee with two members known as the “Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers.” Its job was to discard papers both members agreed weren’t important and report why they weren’t important. This later was replaced by the National Archives.

by whatilearned May 27, 2022, 10:07 pm

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What is an opinion that is universally agreed upon?

by QuestionGuy May 27, 2022, 4:16 pm

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TIL that one of the winners of the VH1 Big Backyard BBQ contest in the 90’s, Raymond Holcomb, who had muscular dystrophy, was hit with a tax bill of $2,496, because the $11,700 concert was seen by the IRS as “taxable income.” John Mellencamp’s management company agreed to work something out to help.

by whatilearned April 18, 2022, 4:17 pm

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TIL in 1944, countries agreed with the US to settle their international accounts in dollars to have gold converted at a fixed rate of $35 per ounce. In 1971, President Nixon announced the US would no longer do it, thus completely abandoning the gold standard. This was known as the ‘Nixon Shock’.

by whatilearned April 10, 2022, 8:29 pm

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TIL in 1323, the Mexica, founders of the Aztec Empire, asked the King of Culhuacan for his daughter, to which the King of Culhuacan agreed. The Mexica then sacrificed her and flayed her skin, and invited the King of Culhuacan to a feast, during which a Mexica priest came out wearing her flayed skin

by whatilearned April 10, 2022, 5:13 am

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TIL there is no single universally agreed scientific meaning of the word “matter”. Scientifically, the term “mass” is well-defined, but “matter” can be defined in several ways.

by whatilearned March 31, 2022, 2:54 pm

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Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin agreed to take care of each other’s gardens.

by cringeyjokesman March 22, 2022, 3:55 pm

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