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TIL that N'Sync were cast in Star Wars Episode II at the request of George Lucas’ daughters. The scenes were later cut due to fans’ outcry.

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5B98 TIL that it took Pearl Jam around 70 times to record the song ‘Even Flow’, With guitarist Mike McCready stating, “I swear to God it was a nightmare. We played that thing over and over until we hated each other.”
woZ98 Til Crocodiles are closer related to birds than to lizards, snakes or turtles. Archosaurs is a group that includes dinosaurs, birds, and crocodilians but not lizards or snakes.
lo9WG TIL CBS was supposed to use the song 'One Shining Moment' after Super Bowl XXI but game coverage ran long and the music montage was cut, so they used it after the NCAA Men's Division I National Championship Game a few months later and it's now been a March Madness staple for more than 30 years.
rNRW1 TIL that there is an enormous 1,300 year old set of ruins on an island in the middle of a lake in the middle of Siberia and archaeologists are unsure why it's there
R716j TIL you're not supposed to dispose of coffee grounds, egg shells, potato skins, pasta, & rice in a garbage disposal. Had no idea.