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TIL Alec Baldwin offered NBC to have his pay cut so they could finish and film another season of 30 Rock.

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b68Y0 TIL the highest-ranking officer killed on either side of the U.S. Civil War was Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston. He died during the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. Jefferson Davis believed the loss of Johnston “was the turning point of our fate.”
Oo04 TIL A Finnish sports brand Karhu Sports sold the three stripe trademark to Adidas for (the equivalent of) €1,600 euros and two bottles of Whiskey.
eprnk TIL when Emma Stone registered for the Screen Actors Guild at age 16, the name Emily Stone, her birth name, was already taken. She briefly went by Riley Stone but switched to Emma because it was difficult to adapt to Riley.
Ddee TIL Locusts are actually grasshoppers that change both physically and behaviorally when in contact with other grasshoppers
Z8GOD TIL King Leopold of Belgium had between 1-15 million Congolese people murdered while he exploited their area for rubber