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TIL Joseph Williams contributed the “singing voice” for adult Simba in The Lion King. Joseph was the lead singer for the band Toto, who wrote a hit song called “Africa.”

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Aoa4 TIL an inmate confronted Al Capone to get back when he cut in the line, Al asked him if he knows who he is and while holding scissors to Capone’s neck he replied: “Yeah, I know who you are, greaseball. And if you don’t get back to the end of that fucking line, I’m gonna know who you were.”
9YDLX TIL: That orange-fleshed sweetpotato is good for healthy babies
7JyL TIL the most common birthday in the US is September 16th.
KOBNR TIL that Robert Morris, namesake of Robert Morris University, engaged in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and personally owned several slaves.
rRN5y TIL that the Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer (Kintsukuroi) is based on the philosophy that the object is more beautiful because it was broken