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TIL The voice actor for the singing parts of grown-up Simba in The Lion King in both "Hakuna Matata" and "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" is Joseph Williams, the lead singer of Toto (as in, Africa by Toto)

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p0EQ TIL Charles Osborne had the hiccups non-stop for approximately 68 years, from 1922 to 1990. His hiccups first started in 1922 while weighing a hog for slaughter. He fell and busted a blood vessel in his brain resulting in him damaging a small part of the brain that inhibits the hiccup response
wLlyo TIL That actor Russell Crowe fronted a rock band. 30 Odd Foot of Grunts originated in the 1980s, releasing one EP and three full lengths by 2003.
EgKNV TIL that in the 1970s, the manager of Japan's first KFC restaurant promoted fried chicken "party barrels" as a Christmas meal intended to replace the traditional American turkey dinner. Since then, eating KFC food as a Christmas meal has become a widely practiced custom in Japan.
Va7k TIL of Max Yasgur, the man who hosted Woodstock on his dairy farm. He got threats from his neighbors, but said “if the generation gap is to be closed, we older people have to do more than we have done.” He also got angry when people were trying to sell water and provided it free of charge.
e0y96 TIL Brazilian billionaire Chiquinho Scarpa decided 2013 to bury his $500,000 car. This led to an outcry as he rather ruin his car than donate it. But at the burial Scarpa revealed his bluff to the press, saying that anyone who refuse to donate their organs bury something far more valuable than a car