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TIL there’s a German Sesame Street

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P14VG TIL that my favorite Halloween song, "Thriller," was written by an Englishman named Rod Temperton. The list of popular songs that he wrote blew me away. I really enjoyed listening to all of those songs on the radio when I was growing up and I'd never heard his name. "The Invisible Man" indeed!
xVjYo TIL that someone stole Jim Thorpe's shoes just before he competed in the Olympic decathlon. Wearing mismatched shoes (one from the garbage), he went on to win the gold medal, setting a record that stood for almost 20 years.
M7gn7 TIL that the Sonic X theme and the One Piece Rap were composed and sung by the same guy, Russ Velàsquez
yQmaV TIL because the policies and activities of the Department of the Interior and many of its agencies have a substantial impact in the Western U.S., the Secretary of the Interior typically comes from a Western state; only three Secretaries have come from states east of the Misssipppi River since 1949
WdWY TIL all polar bears alive today can trace their ancestry to a single brown bear that lived in Ireland during the last Ice Age.