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TIL that CBS offered actress Candice Bergen to work as a journalist after "Murphy Brown". She declined, not wanting to blur between actor and journalist.

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4XGN6 TIL the most lethal air accident in Australian history was almost 60 years ago and only killed 29 people.
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