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TIL James O’Barr, author of “The Crow”, approached The Cure’s Robert Smith to contribute an existing song for the upcoming film. Smith, a huge fan of the graphic novel, opted instead to write and record a new track, “Burn”, in 2 days.

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pOa8 TIL Jerry Seinfeld performed the exact same standup material the first (in 1982) and last (2015) times he appeared on Late Night with David Letterman.
jXxj TIL a gravitational slingshot (of say a space probe) robs the host planet of a very small amount of orbital velocity. Do it enough times and you’d cause said planet to crash into the Sun.
GAeyG TIL of the Socorro springsnail. This critically endangered snail only remains in a single New Mexico spring, which is on private property; since the owner has denied access since 1995, the current population and status of the species is unknown.
1a6Mr TIL Anderson Cooper once saved a Haitian boy from looters after the 2010 earthquake
NXnNQ TIL Redlining is a discriminatory housing practice that started in the 1920s and is still affecting things today. This includes people who lived in the redlined neighborhoods having a life expectancy difference of up to 25 years from those who lived a mile away in a non-redlined neighborhood.