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TIL Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" was originally a Toto Song

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wLWe6 TIL songwriter Rick Springfield became so frustrated at being confused with Bruce Springsteen he recorded the song 'Bruce' based on his experiences, singing "it started being a bother when he made the cover of Time". He eventually got famous with 'Jessie's Girl', beating Bruce to a Grammy in 1981.
w9bJ TIL the Smokey Bear Statute of 1952 is a real federal statute, complete with rules like no wisecracking in the Smokey Bear costume.
R7KW1 TIL that Warner Brothers just made the movie "Just Mercy" free on streaming platforms to help educate people on systemic racism
GAwn1 TIL about Frederick Roberts, British General and the only other person of the 20th Century apart from Winston Churchill to lie in state in Westminster Hall that wasn't a member of the British Royal Family
v8gr TIL that a cat named Tama is a manager at a railway station in Japan, a job which pays her in cat food. During her tenure ridership has increased 10%, leading her to be promoted to super-station manager in 2008.