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TIL Marilyn Monroe was instrumental in kickstarting Ella Fitzgerald's career. A 1950's nightclub owner was reluctant to hire an overweight black singer until Monroe intervened saying if he did, she would sit in the front row every night. Once Ella was hired, Marilyn sat in front row for weeks
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TIL Matt Groening named the main members of the Simpsons family (apart from Bart) after his own family (ex. Homer Groening is Matt's father)
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TIL that serial killer Edmund Kemper had applied to become a state trooper, but he was rejected because of his size. He was 6’9 and weighed over 300 pounds. At this point, he had already murdered his grandparents and served a sentence for it.