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TiL when Burt Bacharach and Hal David gave their song "Make it Easy on Yourself" to Jerry Butler instead of Dionne Warwick, she angrily responded "Don't make me over!" The two writers wrote a new song around the phrase, and it became the first top 40 hit single for Bacharach, David, AND Warwick.

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9d7r TIL 4 people died and 43 were captured because someone didn’t know how to operate a submarine toilet
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XEDPk TIL that according to a report about movie theater popcorn by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, "A medium-size buttered popcorn contains more fat than a breakfast of bacon and eggs, a Big Mac and fries, and a steak dinner combined."
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Ypa9v TIL that the Vikings would hunt narwhals for their “horns” (which are actually teeth) and sell them to clueless European traders as “unicorn horns,” which were thought to have magical properties.