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TIL that The Temptations were the backing vocalists for Rik James' mega hit "Super Freak"

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9P4Q TIL the original ending for “Pretty in Pink” had Molly Ringwald reject Andrew McCarthy to dance with Jon Cryer to David Bowie’s “Heroes.” Test audiences booed this outcome, and John Hughes was forced to reshoot the ending, with Ringwald and McCarthy getting back together.
Wk148 TIL: Elizabeth Smart’s dad came out as gay, renounced the Mormon Church, and divorced his wife
BNyd TIL Tolkien’s son hates The Lord of the Rings movies
LWed TIL Perfluorodecalin can store about a quarter its weight in oxygen, making it a potentially breathable liquid for humans
NvOb TIL that there were so many sea turtles in the Caribbean Sea when Christopher Columbus arrived that his crew was kept awake at night by the sound of the turtles banging against the hulls of the ships.