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TIL George Michael, the writer and producer of the hit song Last Christmas, died on Christmas day in 2016

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vxDK TIL A report found that, for every $1 invested in the US National Park Service, the American public receives $4 in economic value.
aw01N TIL that when Spanish explorers found the Yucatán Peninsula, they asked what the area was called. The response was "Yucatán" which means "I don't understand what you are saying".
D1GJ TIL that VLC has a keyboard shortcut that lets you fix out of sync audio. Best feature ever.
1W44 TIL that 3 marathon runners ran across the entire Sahara - that’s an equivalent of 2 marathons/day for 111 days, totaling approximately 4,000 miles! They started at the Atlantic Ocean in Senegal and ended at the Red Sea in Cairo.
Meo8b TIL that Disney had originally wanted to add Giselle from Enchanted (2007) to the Disney Princess line-up, but decided against it when they realized they would have to pay for lifelong rights to Amy Adams' image.