Post a random fact
Some things are just generally interesting to know, y'know? Some things you just discover randomly along the way, some things are excellent little tips you've been aware of for some times, and some things are just so shocking you must let us know.
So now, let us know what you've got! Doesn't matter what it's about - science, entertainment, history, politics... If you've got a fact that's interesting, post it here.
You may post only once per day. If you come up with more facts that simply cannot wait, just edit your original post. Just so that we don't get a flood of tiny little tidbits.
My first set of facts aren't the best in the world, but they're just things I recently discovered so I wanted to throw them out there, plus an extra bit to flesh things out.
* Daft Punk often use samples from other tracks for their music, but the perennial Daft melodies Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger and Robot Rock are basically lifted directly from older funk pieces - the former from Edwin Birdsong's Cola Bottle Baby (1978) and the latter from Breakwater's Release the Beast (1980).
* Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his own father while trying to break up an altercation between his parents in 1984. His father's sentence was reduced from first-degree murder to manslaughter when Marvin Snr. was found to have a brain tumor. When news of Marvin Jr.'s death first spread, several thought it was an April Fools' Joke - his death happened on April 1st.
* The 1984 film Ghostbusters was originally intended to have included space and time travel, and star John Belushi, Eddie Murphy and John Candy.
Originally Posted by Oslo
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