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

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ODB1 TIL when Futurama has Stephen Hawking as a character they do not simulate his voice but actually ask him to voice act
R5d0w TIL "Super Dave Osborne" is the real-life brother of comedian Albert Brooks
P5vZ TIL The idea of having the Olympic torch run from ancient Olympia to the host country was invented by the Nazis for the 1936 Berlin Summer Games.
7rN9X TIL Newt Gingrich has co-written multiple alternate history novels
Eg1D0 TIL of the "Boring Billion". From roughly 1.8 billion BC to 0.8 billion BC, relatively nothing happened on earth. There was tectonic stability, a static climate, and hardly any biological evolution. It has been termed "The Dullest Time in Earth's History".