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TIL Mad World was originally by Tears For Fears and the Gary Jules version is a cover.

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9YoJm TIL about "exploding caskets" being a problem in mausoleums. The process of decay builds up gasses that can cause a literal explosion and knock down the marble front of a crypt.
e0B06 TIL former NBA Champion and Chicago Bulls player Horace Grant continued to wear sports-goggles after receiving Lasik surgery to help kids who were teased over wearing glasses.
8ay1Z TIL when Ella Fitzgerald couldn’t get booked by clubs and TV because she was black, Marilyn Monroe offered to come to a nightclub every night and sit in the front row if they let Ella sing.
lo0kG TIL that only five countries have participated in every Summer Olympic Games – Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece & Switzerland
DkND TIL that Charles Darwin sat on his theories about evolution for nearly 20 years, until Alfred Wallace discussed his own theories of evolution with mutual friends who pressed Darwin to publish so as to establish his priority in the concept