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TIL that Steven Spielberg was rejected from USC's film school. He later became a trustee and large donor to the university.

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wLvo6 TIL Boyzone's Keith Duffy's full name is Keith Peter Thomas Francis Julian John Duffy.
VM9eZ TIL after the British government started pressuring hospitals to see emergency patients within 4 hours, there were occasions when patients were asked to wait inside ambulances until the hospital was sure that the patient cоuld be seen within the 4 hour limit, and only then would the patient come in
4Xyxa TIL Ed Sullivan took heat from show sponsors Ford Lincoln dealers, for kissing Pearl Baily on the cheek and shaking Nat King Cole's hand during his TV show. He also had a Ford executive thrown out of the theater after he suggested Sullivan should stop booking so many black acts.
VBBGp TIL in 2012 a woman high on crystal meth set fire to a Swamp Cyprus tree estimated to be 3,500 years old. The tree, nicknamed The Senator, formed part of a public park where people could admire the living treasure. It did not survive the fire.
eAJn TIL in 1779 US Captain John Paul Jones was engaged in battle with the royal Navy with a burning sinking ship he did not surrender and hours later jumped onto the British ship and took it over.