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TIL When Matthew Perry got onto the cover of People magazine for the first time ever,he sent it to one of his old teachers, Dr. Web, who said he would never amount to anything if he kept joking around all the time.

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W7kl8 TIL that Bob Marley shared his royalties with a soup kitchen so it would be able to stay open
kOM5B TIL that World War II veteran Don Karkos had the sight in one of his eyes miraculously restored when a racehorse accidentally hit him in that eye and dislodged the shrapnel that had caused his blindness.
8rGL TIL that actor and diabetes spokesperson Wilford Brimley has opposed legislation in multiple states banning cockfighting. He also travels to arizona to attend cockfights.
PYgrE TIL 7 in 10 wealthy families lose their fortune by the second generation. By the third generation that number has jumped to 9 in 10.
R7191 TIL the man who crafted the original California Bear flag during the Bear Flag Revolt in 1846 (William L. Todd) was Mary Todd Lincoln’s nephew.