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TIL the Scooby Doo theme song "What's New Scooby Doo" is sung by the well-known band Simple Plan.

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1a4GW TIL that the signature drum-intensive tune [https://youtu.be/-4_d_6A8nE0 ] that used to precede any CBS Special Presentation (Charlie Brown cartoons, etc) was actually a snippet taken from the original "Hawaii-50" TV theme song.
x6Kwg TIL that the Grey Cup, the championship game of the Canadian football league, has been going on longer than the American NFL has been in existence.
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