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TIL Robin Williams’ rider required that for every single event or film he did, the company hiring him also had to hire a certain number of homeless people and put them to work.

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J1N5l TIL The soundtrack album for Guardians of the Galaxy became the first in history to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200 consisting entirely of previously released songs to top the chart
Nr4M TIL Al Jolson famous for performing in blackface was the only white man who was allowed into the all-black nightclubs in Harlem. The reason being that he helped many black people succeed in the music business and fought against racial discrimination.
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