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TIL A Barbie with a real pink diamond choker sold for $302,500 in a New York auction

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AD9ka TIL that after writing Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin applied to study under Maurice Ravel and was rejected. Ravel replied, "Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin?"
wLRG8 TIL of the Spoiler Paradox, a psychological phenomenon where being informed of how a story ends before experiencing it seems to increase the enjoyment of the story, rather than decrease it.
vkEx TIL that Michael Crichton only wrote his novel The Lost World, sequel to Jurassic Park, when being pressured by fans, critics and Steven Spielberg, who wanted to make another movie. It was the only sequel he ever wrote.
GA9bj TIL Glur's Tavern, founded in 1876 in Nebraska, is the oldest continuously operated tavern west of the Mississippi river. Frequented by Buffalo Bill, allegedly he once paid his tab with a $1,000 bill!
Rd96 TIL as an undergraduate at Harvard, Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park, felt his literature professor was giving him unfair grades. To prove it, he plagiarized a work by George Orwell and submitted it as his own. The paper was returned by his professor with a grade of “B-”.