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TIL the Super Bowl has required national anthem vocals to be pre-recorded since 1993 when Garth Brooks declined to pre-record and then refused to sing live until a dispute over debuting a music video during the game could be settled, resulting in a delayed kickoff.

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yVr6J TIL that the Michelin Man is white because tires were typically white, beige, or grey when the mascot was created in 1894. In 1912 tire manufacturers started adding carbon to their tires which gave them a black colour that is known today.
PxgV TIL Tania Head faked being a 9/11 survivor and served as President of the WTC Survivors Network
xVDrg TIL that Martin Luther King Jr. considered running for president in 1968 after being urged to by anti-Vietnam Democrats, but ultimately decided against the proposal as he felt uneasy with politics and considered himself better suited for his morally unambiguous role as an activist.
45rX TIL of the Ket language. Spoken by 200 people in central Siberia north of Mongolia, it is considered to be in the same language family as Navajo. That would make Ket speakers the only remaining members in Eurasia of the original population that colonized the Americas.
5DNQ TIL for a small fee movies could license the name “National Lampoon” on a one-time basis even if National Lampoon didn’t help produce the film.