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TIL that Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Tom Hanks have yearly colonoscopys together, and have a sleepover the night before.

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Z80L4 TIL In 2011, Nicholas Cage sold a copy of the first appearance of Superman for 2 million dollars, rescuing him from bankruptcy
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JY6pj TIL In 2011, a Brazilian man found a penguin covered in oil and close to death. He nursed him back to health and since then the Penguin swims 3 to 5 thousand miles every year to spend time with his human soulmate.
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