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TIL Trevor Rabin wrote the entire song 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' during one trip to the bathroom. It was originally supposed to be his own solo project, but one by one members of the prog rock group Yes kept joining the project until eventually it was recorded and released as a Yes song.

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Xwx8 TIL that this is the oldest known photograph of a human being in existence. This is a busy street and there was tons of traffic, but since the exposure was so long, about 15-20 minutes, none of the moving figures can be seen. Only one man shows up.
9w4km TIL that the voice of Woody Woodpecker was done by his Creator's wife. She had to do so by submitting an anonymous audition tape after Walter Lantz rejected the idea that a woman could voice the male character.
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