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TIL that Jonah Hill officiated Adam Levine's (Maroon 5) wedding

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MejY7 TIL that a man named George Meegan walked across the Western Hemisphere, a total distance of 19,019 miles. It took him close to seven years to complete his journey.
6goJ TIL that “headless photographs” were a fad in the late 1800s.
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