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TIL Miranda Cosgrove earned $180,000 per episode of iCarly, and in 2012 was listed in the Guinness World Records as the highest paid child actress

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mvjR TIL the man who sang, “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch”, also voiced Tony the Tiger for more than 5 decades.
56PP TIL Phoenix, Arizona has a similar latitude to the Ancient city of Carthage, which was a Phoenician city-state. People from Phoenix today are known as Phoenicians.
KvrG TIL a man tied 45 weather balloons to a lawn chair and packed a gun to shoot himself down. Instead of raising the planned 100 feet he shot up 16,000
mody TIL Mistletoe is a parasite infecting hundreds of species of trees and shrubs. Once growing, it steals the nutrients and water of the host, killing the portion of the branch it’s on. Heavy infestation may kill off the entire host plant.
OARe TIL a 13 year old girl from Louisiana is working to be a crew member on a Mars One.