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TIL Legendary songwriter Jim Steinman (Bat Out of Hell) accomplished a rare feat in 1983 when Bonnie Tyler's cover of his song 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' was #1 on the charts, while #2 was Air Supply's cover of his song 'Making Love Out of Nothing at All'.

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lja1 TIL the average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years. The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year
W76EA TIL former Florida Governor and Senator Bob Graham spent 921 days working regular jobs during his career. He wanted to understand how jobs were like from the perspective of the workers.
E1ynx TIL Don Cheadle's ancestors, and many other African American slaves, were not freed when slavery ended in the US because they were owned by Native Americans
0weA1 TIL that cosmic dust, micro-meteor remnants from the birth of our solar system, falls all over the world at a rate of 4,000 tons annually. We literally eat it, inhale it and live in it every day.
x6bY0 Today I learned the longest running joke in the movie Airplane! is the jet has the sound of propeller engines.