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TIL Sugarhill Gang’s 14 ½ minute “Rapper’s Delight” was recorded in a single take.

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x6jZ0 TIL Marlon Wayans was originally cast as Robin in Tim Burton's "Batman Returns". He signed for a two movie deal, but was cut from the film due to the number of characters. Wayans got paid $100,000 and still receives residuals for the film.
BrGGy TIL Operation Cobra was the codename for an offensive launched by the United States First Army under Lieutenant General Omar Bradley seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy campaign of World War II.
grOwX TIL Harald Hardrada, a claimant to the English throne, fought as a berserker in the Battle of Stamford Bridge
D1nRY TIL that there is a monument in Georgia which gives instructions in 8 languages on how to rebuild society after an unknown apocalyptic event, whilst also functioning as a compass, calendar and clock
d0BB TIL that in 2011 researchers let 100 paper planes go 23 miles above Germany. Since then some have been found in Canada, USA, Australia and South Africa.