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TIL that Cee Lo Green sang backup vocals on TLC’s 1995 hit single “Waterfalls.” Cee Lo had just signed with the group’s record label, and joined in after hearing the recording session from a neighboring room in the studio.

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VM08k TIL When being sworn in as Vice President, Andrew Johnson gave a drunken address to Congress while Lincoln watched sadly. Afterwards he hid from ridicule at a friends house and Lincoln assured the public he wasn’t a “drunkard”. A month later Lincoln was assassinated and he became President.
Kj7R TIL John Hughes often wrote his scripts (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club) to take place over a single day so that there’s few if any costume changes so he can have freedom in the editing process
nJWY TIL Kent Waldrep was paralyzed during a NCAA football game between TCU v Alabama. TCU used “student athlete” defense to avoid paying Waldrep’s medical bills and cancel his scholarship.
9YJg7 TIL the 1926 Ohio/Indiana border town of College Corner had a high school football team that went 30-2, the team was made up of Miami University football players
PkVg TIL In 1980, the city of Detroit gave Saddam Hussein a key to the city. In recognition of donations he made to local Chaldean churches.