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TIL the song "Toxic" by Britney Spears that received widespread acclaim from music critics and won Best Dance Recording at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards was initially offered to Kylie Minogue for her album Body Language, but she turned it down.

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Z8EKR TIL Pardoned convict Thomas Pamphlett was shipwrecked and castaway in the Moreton Bay area, Australia, 1823, & was rescued after several months. But he committed another crime, & was sentenced to 7 years’ transportation to the new penal colony... in Moreton Bay.
Z8L9B TIL that the United States held a Presidential election in 1864 during the American civil war
V7L0 TIL that Charles Nelson Reilly, actor/comedian best known as the long time panelist on the game show Match Game, was a survivor of the 1944 Hartford circus tent fire in which 169 people died. He never sat in an audience again for the remainder of life because large crowds reminded him of the event.
x66Zk TIL that Jason Alexander was roommates with Holly Hunter when he first moved to New York.
PYE1w TIL babies open their eyes in the womb at about 28 weeks. After that, twins are likely to touch each others’ faces or hold hands.