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TIL it was Kevin Costner who suggested his co-star Whitney Houston record "I Will Always Love You" for the soundtrack to The Bodyguard starring Costner and Houston. Her efforts were rewarded with 2 Grammy Awards and 4 million copies sold in the United States alone.

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9wQBr TIL that the first human death by a Southern Cassowary was in Australia in 1926, when the bird defeated two brothers who were trying to hunt it. The older brother was killed via his jugular vein being cut, and the younger brother was scared off after being knocked over.
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