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TIL in 2012 Taylor Swift held a contest where she would perform at your school. Internet trolls hijacked the contest allowing a school for the deaf to win. She backed out of the performance and sent a check instead.

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P15XV TIL Russell Crowe turned down an offer to play Aragorn in the LOTR trilogy that included 10% of the backend grosses (which would've been about $100 million). He felt WB had forced Peter Jackson to make the offer & that Jackson had somebody else in mind & he should be allowed to hire who he wants.
Qjdp TIL There are approximately 3,000 tigers left in the wild. There are an estimated 5,000 tigers being kept as pets in the U.S. alone.
47bg TIL that during Pink Floyd’s recording session for ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’, a song about schizophrenic former band member Syd Barrett, he walked into the studio after 7 years of no contact with a shaven head and eyebrows acting strangely and had the band members in tears upon recognizing him.
GY45g TIL about the Akwesasne community, a Mohawk community along the US-Canada border. Part of the main village is Quebec's only exclave and is only accessible by New York.
MeDpb TIL about Francis Pegahmagabow, a canadian indigenous man who fought in WWI. He killed 378 enemies with his Ross rifle and captured another 300, which makes him one of the most successful marksmen in the conflict.