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TIL That Annie Lennox performed in the 1995 'Apollo 13' soundtrack - not just end titles, but the score itself

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Vgvm TIL that Chuck Lorre, Creator of the Big Bang Theory, also Composed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song
1aWXD TIL of the city of Lakewood, CA and the post-World War II suburban community. Developers in the city built 17,500 homes in less than three years on empty fields. They then sold about 30 homes per day to war veterans backed by government mortgages, once selling 107 homes in one hour!
W7jLL TIL that Colditz, the Nazi POW prison, had so many escape attempts that it created a museum. Recaptured prisoners recreated their attempts for the photographer. One photo shows both a German civilian electrician and the French officer who impersonated him, standing side by side.
jNmkR TIL about #OpJustina which was an attack on Boston Children’s Hospital to demand the release of Justina Pelletier— a little girl being held against her will by the state of Massachusetts. She was taken from her parents after the hospital thought her mitochondrial illness was psychological.
BDmK TIL that the current president’s personal minister is an outrageously wealthy pastor that has been under federal investigation for “mismanaged church funds” among six other preachers whom also are outrageously wealth.