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TIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.

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4RY5 TIL when burning pressure treated wood, not only is the smoke toxic, but the ash produced is so toxic that a tablespoon of it can kill a full grown man.
b6gO0 TIl that in 1994 during an attempted diplomatic visit to Ireland Boris Yeltsin caused a diplomatic incident when his plane landed at Shannon airport and he failed to step off the plane onto Irish soil because he was too drunk to walk
9YMoB TIL: The music video for Buddy Holly by Weezer was included on the Windows 95 CD-ROM.
D18pJ TIL that bumblebees can attain ground speeds up to 15 metres per second (54 km/h or 33.55 miles/h) while foraging.
KOKE TIL conspiracy theorists tried to sue Jim Lovell (Apollo 8 and Apollo 13) because he said he went to the moon