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TIL Chuck Lorre (producer of 2.5 Men, Big Bang Theory) wrote the lyrics to the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song

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xVvO5 TIL In the Bible, Jesus entrusts Peter with "keys to the kingdom of heaven." The Vatican considers St. Peter the first Pope. The Vatican's coat of arms displays these keys to heaven.
nWWjd TIL that in 1985, First Lady Elena Ceaușescu demanded the Piața Romană metro station be removed because she thought "the workers and students were getting fat and needed more exercise". However, the engineers realized the station would be necessary so they built it in secret anyway.
vPb4B TIL that the inventor of the Pringles can, Fred Baur, requested to be buried in one. Part of his ashes were indeed buried in a Pringles can.
gx78 TIL ABC News interrupted regular scheduled programming to announce the reintroduction of Coke Classic in 1985.
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