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TIL that an English photographer makes her living by taking lookalike photos of celebrities, including so-called shots of the queen on the toilet, a US president playing guitar in a sauna, and Marilyn Monroe being intimate with J F K.

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LD69 TIL right before President William McKinley was assassinated at a public reception, he had given his trademark good luck charm, a red carnation, to a 12-year old girl in the crowd.