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TIL even though the group The Supremes is commonly known as "Diana Ross & The Supremes", they were only known as that between 67-70. Many of their popular songs were recorded before then. Someday We'll Be Together (61), Stop! In the Name of Love (65), You Can't Hurry Love (66) as examples.

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Oo0nX TIL Hawaii's King Kamehameha II (1819-24) was heavily influenced by Christian Missionaries. He ended the ancient religious laws, disbanded Hawaiian priests and destroyed temples. However he never converted to Christianity because he refused to give up his five wives, especially his half-sister.
NyDQ TIL Ben Affleck once asked Michael Bay on the set of Armageddon: Wouldn’t it make more sense just to train experienced astronauts how to drill instead of the other way around (?), and Bay responded “shut the f%ck up”.
x65Do TIL First act of sexual intercourse ‘was done sideways, square-dance style’
e04pJ TIL that there are no remaining male mourning geckos and so to reproduce, females engage in foreplay like behaviour with each other and then produce eggs asexually.
xV7wB TIL half of the plastic on Earth has been created since 2002, and we each consume a credit card's worth of plastic every week