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TIL George Michael worked and re-worked his song "Careless Whisper" for 2 and half year's before finally releasing it. He went thru 8 saxophonists before finally settling on Steve Gregory who was able to play the riff exactly as Michael heard it in his head. The song topped charts in ten countries

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GApO5 TIL The bald eagle’s role as a national symbol is linked to its 1782 landing on the Great Seal of the US. Charles Thomson chose the best elements of the various designs. Thomson recommended that the small, white eagle used in William Barton’s design be replaced with an American bald eagle.
7rkjO TIL the last Blockbuster on earth, in Bend, OR uses floppy disks to boot their system, employees have to hand print cards because their printers broke, and transactions are backed up on a reel-to-reel tape that can't be replaced because Radio Shack went out of business.
x6LA0 TIL in 1999, to promote Pokemon: The First Movie, Burger King released a Poke Ball toy that was a suffocation hazard and killed two small children. BK initially refused to do a recall, but later responded with a $1 million recall campaign.
j8yR TIL that UPS drivers that go 25 years without an accident get a bomber jacket, a special patch, and are inducted into the UPS “Circle of Honor.”
58xR TIL that the syndrome of sneezing when under the sun is called ACHOO (Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst Syndrome) (or just photic sneeze reflex)