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TIL Bing Crosby’s recording of “White Christmas” was so popular that he had to re-record it in 1947 using the same musicians and backup singers in the 1942 original master because it had become damaged due to its frequent use

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EkOd TIL Maria Shriver said to her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger in regards to his movie Red Sonja, “If this doesn’t kill your career, nothing will”.
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