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VowB TIL due to the always uncertain future of Futurama, there has been three designated series finales.
7rOlx TIL Ronnie James Dio claimed to have never received any vocal training. He instead attributed his singing ability to the use of breathing techniques he learned while playing trumpet.
M70lW TIL the submarine, the USS Tullibee, sunk itself after a torpedo it fired ran a circular course back around. The only survivor, Clifford Kuykendall, was thrown from the bridge into the water, when he awoke the Tullibee was gone and he reported hearing voices in the water for 10 minutes, then silence
JYGMB TIL that the former president of SEGA gave the company $730M as part of his dying will, in the form of stocks and debt forgiveness, covering the loss from the the Dreamcast failure.
VZJG TIL a bird that is endemic to the Amazon Basin called the Hoatzin is hatched with claws on its wings; A genetic remnant that is evidence of birds dinosaurean lineage.