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TIL Whitney Houston’s iconic National Anthem performance at the 1991 Super Bowl was lip synced. However the vocal track she used was recorded in a single take.

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W7GWN TIL that on June 15, 2018, Stephen Hawking’s ashes were interred in Westminster Abbey between Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. During the ceremony, the European Space Agency honored him by beaming a recording of his voice toward the nearest known black hole, which will take 3,500 years to arrive.
Bkax TIL the current Queen of England has ruled the UK for over 25% of the time the United States has been a country.
VBEPG TIL that the author of the medieval poem, "Gawain and the Green Knight," alongside other poems, is unknown to history. Despite his poems being some of the most famous from the medieval period, his identity is lost.
xVaGD TIL in 1938 the Soviet's ordered the genocide of its Polish minority population and within one year over 100,000 Polish were executed
0Kav TIL Airport runway numbers actually indicate direction on a compass