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TIL That Harrison Ford was once a roadie for The Doors

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x6NGg TIL Venus Fly Traps grow their flowers far away to avoid killing their pollinators
0wQjM TIL John Legend graduated from high school salutatorian of his class and at age 16. He was then accepted to Harvard but turned it down for the University of Pennsylvania where he would graduate. He is also one of only 15 people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award.
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