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TIL that Michael Jackson's Thriller was originally called Starlight. While Jackson and Quincy Jones liked the song they thought that it could be improved upon so they sent the song writer Rod Temperton back to rework the lyrics. Thus the legendary Thriller was born.

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N7Ax6 TIL about Charles Lightoller, a man who survived the Titanic, World War I, and then went on to help others survive Dunkirk
kOyD5 TIL that Long Island is a "terminal moraine", which is the pile of debris that glaciers pushed along as they advanced south during previous ice ages. You can see two set of hills that formed from glacier movement.
VMmeQ TIL Dr. Leonid Rogozov developed appendicitis during the Soviet Antarctic Expedition and had to self-surgically perform an appendectomy since there were no other physicians present. He returned to work two weeks later and was eventually awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.
jARE TIL if we could see the Andromeda Galaxy in the sky with the naked eye it would appear several times larger than the moon.
ADr0g TIL the Summer Olympics have only been cancelled three times since the beginning of the 20th century and all three because of war.