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TIL A judge ordered nude photos taken of Ann Wilson of Heart by Annie Leibovitz to be placed in a security box needing 2 keys, one held by Annie and the other by Ann.

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7rLYX TIL that in 1787, Swiss scientific pioneer Horace Bénédict de Saussure literally cut off the top of the Alps' highest mountain, Mont Blanc, at 15,344 ft. It is now available on display at Teyler's museum in the Netherlands.
QBad TIL Gmail was announced on April 1, 2004, making many believe that the service was a joke.
9YoR7 TIL the dark meaning of This Little Piggy. “Went to market” (the meat market), “stayed home” (not ready for market), “ate roast beef” (fattening for market), “had none” (too young for fattening)
GvOG TIL The Simpsons crew sent flowers to South Park studios when South Park parodied Family Guy.
6om TIL as of March 2012, the most expensive city in the United States for renters is San Francisco. NYC isn’t even in the top 10.