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TIL that in 2005 Samantha Futerman played the role of a girl separated from her sister in the movie Memoirs of a Geisha. In 2013 Samantha was contacted by her own identical twin sister, Anaïs, who had discovered her on YouTube. Neither knew of each other because they had been separated at birth.

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OorMe TIL that Barbara Hutton was worth the equivalent of over $1 billion in the 1930s, but due to her extreme generosity, died with only $3500. She married 7 times: a Georgian prince, a Danish count, actor Cary Grant, a Russian prince, a notorious Dominican playboy, a German baron, and a Cambodian prince
Y7Mx TIL that in 1914 Joseph Goldberger discovered the Cause of the disease Pellagra, but no one would recognize his findings.
b6lLE TIL the roman orator Cicero uncovered a plot to overthrow the Roman Government and foiled it
97k6 TIL of Horseshoe Theory - A poli sci theory that asserts the extreme left and extreme right are closely related, creating a horseshoe-shaped, rather than linear political spectrum.
16ow7 TIL Westinghouse acquired CBS in 1994, sold most of its own non media business, then renamed itself CBS in 1997