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TIL Haim Saban, creator of Power Rangers, composed the Inspector Gadget Theme

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rRZ8d TIL about zombie taxa. A zombie taxon is a fossil specimen that somehow gets washed out and re-deposited into much younger rock, making it seem like the animal was walking around long after it had gone extinct.
Wk5eN TIL in 1985, sportswriter Zotique Lespérance was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame's media section, along with Tim Moriarty and Dick Johnson, however Lespérance was not invited to his induction ceremony as the Hall of Fame was misinformed that he had died. Lespérance was invited the next year.
6xvw TIL Ancient Roman and Greek sculptures originally were colorful, white marble fashion came with Renaissance
oBOwr TIL: Many jurisdictions use a "randomized alphabet", re-shuffled periodically, to determine the alphabetical order that candidates' names will appear on ballots, in order to prevent an unfair advantage for names starting with A.
R5lMa TIL that the US Department of Defense has a plan to defend against the zombie apocalypse.