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TIL Jaleel White (Steve Urkel from Family Matters) was also the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the original cartoons.

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Y9VP TIL Los Angeles consumes the same amount of water today as it did in 1970, with 1 million more residents. The city consumes approximately 123 gallons per capita, per day, which is the best in the entire nation.
VNjQ TIL the assassin of President Garfield, Charles Guiteau, shot the President with a gun that had ivory grips because he wanted it to look good as a museum exhibit after the assassination.
bJVp TIL, On August 4th, 1985 at the intersection of I-40 and U.S.69, a car and semitrailer carrying military bombs collided. The results were a series of explosions that lead to the deaths of 47 people and the evacuation of 6000 residents of Checotah, OK.
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