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TIL David Bowie expressed interest in the role of Elrond, but Peter Jackson stated “To have a famous , beloved character and a famous star colliding is slightly uncomfortable.”

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 4:39 am

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TIL David Bowie rejected Coldplay’s collaboration request on one song in which they had, according to the band themselves, a “David Bowie-type character” by replying: “It’s not a very good song, is it?”

by whatilearned May 8, 2022, 12:19 pm

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TIL that famed Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves was the bassist for a grunge / alternative band in the 90s, and opened for legendary artists Bon Jovi and David Bowie while touring.

by whatilearned May 6, 2022, 9:28 pm

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TIL At dinner together in public, David Bowie told Lou Reed that he needed to clean up. Reed responded by punching Bowie’s face repeatedly

by whatilearned May 1, 2022, 1:55 pm

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TIL David Bowie hated Los Angeles, and once said “That fucking place should be wiped off the face of the Earth”

by whatilearned April 16, 2022, 11:11 pm

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TIL that when David Bowie died in 2016, the German government thanked him for a concert he held in Berlin in 1987, stating it was a major reason Berlin was unified and tore down the Berlin wall.

by whatilearned April 16, 2022, 5:42 pm

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TIL members of Congress in the 19th century brought pistols, canes, and Bowie knives to work. 1856, Rep. Preston Brooks (D-South Carolina), stormed into the Senate and nearly beat to death abolitionist Sen. Charles Sumner (R-Mass.). Following the caning incident, Sumner spent three years recuperatin

by whatilearned March 26, 2022, 8:10 pm

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Why was Michael Jackson singled out for being weird when famous rockstars such as Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Jimmy Page, Elvis etc were basically borderline insane at times and did many questionable things and nobody cared?

by QuestionGuy March 14, 2022, 3:55 am

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TIL that David Bowie wrote ‘Life on Mars’ because he was pissed at Frank Sinatra and the success of ‘My Way’

by whatilearned March 12, 2022, 9:36 am

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TIL that Willem Dafoe starred as Jesus in a religious epic, which included supporting performances by Harvey Keitel and David Bowie and was banned from Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina for several years.

by whatilearned February 26, 2022, 10:19 pm

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TIL In 1997 David Bowie sold asset-backed securities, dubbed “Bowie bonds”, which awarded investors a share in his future royalties for 10 years.

by whatilearned February 16, 2022, 9:06 pm

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David Bowie was damn near prophetic.

by CopyPastaArchive January 11, 2022, 4:59 pm

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