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TIL the theme music for Futurama draws heavy inspiration from a 60s piece of music

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d8Ny7 TIL That the Pacific island nation of Kiribati is expected to be submerged within the next generation
78aax TIL that the oldest ship in the world still afloat is the USS Constitution. Built in the 1790s to serve as one of the first ships of the brand-new US Navy, she served for approximately 80 years before being removed from service and converted into a floating museum.
9YrGB TIL in February 14, 1990 as the Voyager 1 completed its primary mission and was leaving the Solar System, NASA commanded it to turn its camera around and take one last photograph of Earth across a great expanse of space, at the request of astronomer Carl Sagan. The Earth is seen as a Pale Blue Dot.
m0dM TIL that when told Sholem Aleichem, author of the book on which Fiddler on the Roof is based, “is the Jewish Mark Twain”, Twain replied “please tell him that I am the American Sholem Aleichem”
dDxJZ TIL that legendary film director Francis Ford Coppola, director of cinematic greats The Godfather (1972) and Apocalypse Now (1979), also directed the critically panned family comedy, Jack (1996), about a boy trapped in a rapidly aging body, starring Robin Williams.