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TIL Kylie Minogue released a cover of "The Loco-Motion" in 1988

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4XBRN TIL Ty Warner, creator of Beanie Babies, gave a woman who was dying of kidney disease $20,000 to get a banned stem cell treatment outside the US that could save her life. He only met her once, when he was lost and she gave him directions in a parking lot.
Z59R TIL Johnny Depp would close a club he partially owned on Halloween every year because his good friend and fellow actor, River Phoenix, collapsed and died in front of it. He did this for over 10 years until he sold his part.
j6XNE TIL that Joyce Vincent was a 38-year-old woman who died in her London apartment while watching TV. Her body wasn't discovered until nearly three years later when officials arrived to repossess the apartment for unpaid rent.
1A7W TIL Andy Griffith died at 7am, and was buried in his family cemetery by noon that same day.
wLG0J TIL Cotton bags must be reused thousands of times before they meet the environmental performance of plastic bags