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TIL that Norman Greenbaum has made a living off the royalties of exactly one song: “Spirit in the Sky.”

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R7ya6 TIL The Fast and the Furious (2001) is not the first film about criminals and racing with the name "The Fast and the Furious".
9YP1B TIL In 1992 Tupac Shakur performed at an outdoor festival. A confrontation occurred and Shakur drew a legally registered Colt Mustang, and allegedly dropped it. A bullet was discharged. It hit 6-year-old Qa'id Walker-Teal, who was riding his bicycle at a school playground. Killing him.
ANwO4 TIL while Dick Fosbury was creating the Fosbury Flop, which became the standard high jump style after his 1968 Olympic gold, Debbie Brill was developing the same technique, calling it the Brill Bend. Neither knew of each other's innovation until they competed at the same junior competition.
vPj74 TIL that Underwater Hockey is a thing, has been since 1954, and is popular enough to have both Men's and Women's national championships.
R8vl TIL that in order to play the didgeridoo, you must learn to breath circularly. This is done by simultaneously inhaling with the nose and pushing air out of the mouth. Kenny G used the technique in 1997 to win a world record for the longest note ever recorded, an E-flat for 45 minutes and 47 seconds