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TIL a jet on autopilot continued flying for over 4 hours after all on board had died due to rapid depressurization. It was carrying 11 time PGA winner Payne Stewart. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien authorized the Royal Canadian Air Force to shoot down the plane if it entered Canadian airspace.

by whatilearned May 22, 2023, 12:46 am

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TIL that Rod Stewart confessed in his autobiography that he plagiarized part of the beat from his major hit song “do ya think im sexy?” from a Brazilian singer named Jorge Ben, calling it “unconscious plagiarism”

by whatilearned April 17, 2023, 7:56 pm

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TIL that Patrick Stewart, a theater actor, was hesitant to sign a 6 year contract to perform on Star Trek: TNG, but his agent reassured him that the show would probably fail after one season. Stewart expected to “make some money, get a suntan, and go home.”

by whatilearned April 17, 2023, 7:31 pm

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Would you vote for Jon Stewart if he ran for President? If so, why? If not, why?

by QuestionGuy April 8, 2023, 12:59 pm

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TIL the prison Martha Stewart served time in is nicknamed Camp Cupcake due to it’s cushy conditions that include no barbed wire and cottages instead of jail cells.

by whatilearned March 25, 2023, 7:26 pm

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Jon Stewart said “Religion. Its given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.” What are your thoughts?

by QuestionGuy January 25, 2023, 8:53 pm

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TIL musician Rod Stewart spent 25 years constructing a massive model train set in his attic

by whatilearned January 25, 2023, 1:18 pm

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TIL an anonymous Middle Eastern prince donated $500,000 for Hurricane Sandy relief in exchange for a 15 minute meeting with actress Kristen Stewart

by whatilearned January 19, 2023, 8:13 pm

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[TIL] Early in his career, Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, had a habit of getting into fights. He once had a shootout with a competitor, Matt Stewart. After Stewart shot and killed one of Sanders’ employees, Stewart was convicted of murder, eliminating Sanders’ competition.

by whatilearned December 8, 2022, 9:52 am

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TIL four stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame have been stolen. James Stewart and Kirk Douglas had their stars stolen but were recovered, and Gregory Peck and one of Gene Autry’s five stars were stolen but were never recovered. Each star weighs about 300 lbs.

by whatilearned December 3, 2022, 10:48 am

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TIL that Sir Patrick Stewart considered his appearances on The Simpsons and Sesame Street “perhaps the two most distinguished bits of work that I’ve done in the US.”

by whatilearned October 7, 2022, 12:43 am

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TIL The 1994 movie Tammy and the T-Rex was conceived when the director Stewart Raffill was approached by a man who had a large animatronic T-rex that he was getting rid of. He asked Raffill if he could make a movie about, who agreed, and wrote the story for the movie within a week.

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 6:59 pm

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