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TIL that following a lawsuit, Vanilla Ice purchased the rights to Under Pressure to avoid having to pay further royalties

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a816L TIL The record for most stolen bases in one season of professional baseball is held by a woman. Sophie Kurys playing for the Racine Belles, stole 201 bases during the 1946 season.
aX4Z TIL that the first documented fire tornado occurred in Canberra, Australia in 2003. As opposed to a fire whirl (fire sucked up into the air), a fire tornado is a literal tornado made of fire.
rRPxw TIL NASA's longest serving female employee since January 1958, Sue Finley, has been an engineer and programmer for space missions since Explorer 1, for missions to the Moon, Sun, all the planets and many other solar system bodies, and recipient of NASA's Exceptional Public Service Medal.
0dvXA TIL the original cast album for the musical Hamilton became the first Broadway cast recording ever to be certified diamond (10 million units sold) by the RIAA in June 2023. All 46 tracks on the double-album are also certified as singles (6-double platinum, 22-platinum, 18-gold).
M7Z4V TIL Despite his lead role as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006), Daniel Craig was reportedly awful at Poker. Le Chiffre actor Mads Mikkelsen recalled, “Everybody knew how to play poker actually around that table, except for one, Daniel. He had no clue. He sucked.”