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TIL the world has a daddy issue

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NXYXE TIL The hit song 'St Elmo's Fire' was written in just two hours. Although the song was part of the movie soundtrack, the lyrics were actually inspired by the Canadian athlete Rick Hansen, who was traveling around the world, via his wheelchair, to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries.
rRno TIL NASA cannot bring birds into space because birds need gravity to swallow.
a8JRZ TIL Disney World in Florida, USA contains a critical corridor that wildlife like Florida panthers use to travel across central Florida. Though construction blocked wildlife, Walt Disney had designed a corridor going through the park which remains today.
xVM91 TIL of the Death Valley Germans - a family of four German tourists who went missing in Death Valley National Park and whose remains were discovered 13 years later
DQmYJ TIL One of the reasons Germany didn’t develop nuclear weapons first during World War II was due to the Norwegian heavy water sabotage. In 1943, Norwegian resistance fighters launched a daring attack on the Vemork hydroelectric plant, which was producing heavy water essential for Germany's atomic bom