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TIL that Sisqo and Bob Newhart almost co-starred in a 2001 sitcom together that was going to air on NBC

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Nw4Q TIL a US Circuit Court decided that Nancy Grace “played fast and loose” with her ethical duties in her lawyer days, and that she “demonstrated her disregard of the notions of due process and fairness.”
jxZQ TIL Dwight D. Eisenhower’s grandson is married to Richard Nixon’s daughter
1aP6W TIL The man who took the first up close photo of a snowflake, Wilson A. Bentley in 1885, also started the concept "No two snowflakes are alike". In his lifetime, he took over 5k photos of snowflakes.
noKr TIL that in 2007, while excavating for a new building in Central London, archeologists discovered the unmarked isolated remains of a teenage Roman girl. She was later reburied on site with full Roman burial rites, and her tomb is marked by a Latin inscription commemorating the “Unknown Roman Girl.”
kO974 TIL about Amanda "Powerhouse" Lucas, George Lucas' eldest daughter. She was a professional MMA fighter for six years until she retired to start a family. Lucas had bit parts in all three of the Star Wars prequel movies.