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TIL Ronald Reagan's campaign slogan was Let's make America great again"

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PvME TIL that Disney originally wanted ABBA to do the soundtrack for ‘The Lion King’. When ABBA said they weren’t available, they asked Elton John.
W7ExY TIL the 1970 song “In the Summertime” by Mungo Jerry was used in a 1990s UK advertisement for a campaign against drunk-driving, because of the lyric “have a drink, have a drive, go out and see what you can find.” The ad showed a group of drinkers at a rural pub getting killed when their car crashes.
XDEj TIL that the Apollo 17 ‘Blue Marble’ photograph originally had the south pole at the top, and was inverted to conform to the traditional view of 'north’ being 'up’.
eg0L TIL of Antinatalism. A philosophy that asserts that having children is unethical.
6jMW TIL On the set of Out For Justice, when Steven Seagal claimed he couldn’t be choked unconscious, the set director proved this wrong and Seagal shit and pissed himself while passed out.