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TIL Right before the show F.R.I.E.N.D.S premiered, the cast took a group trip to Vegas for one last taste of anonymity. "Once the show comes on the air, you guys will never be able to go anywhere without being hounded," director James Burrows told them, not inaccurately.

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EwVx TIL that in the history of Ireland’s inventions, there’s a 300-year gap after the invention of whiskey.
v8A4 TIL in 1968, two boys playing in a deserted and rat-infested tenement found the body of a 31yo drug addict, surrounded by religious pamphlets and empty beer bottles. Not until 19 months later was the body identified as that of child actor Bobby Driscoll, Academy Award winner and voice of Peter Pan
LkLQ TIL John Lennon wrote the Beatles song ‘Dear Prudence’ for Prudence Farrow (Mia’s sister) while studying TM in India. The group became worried about her because she spent the majority of her time alone in her room practicing meditation, so John wrote her a song to persuade her to socialize more.
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b66Rj TIL the opening of a segment of Interstate 94 freeway in Detroit was delayed for almost 3 months though the winter because a group of area mothers were concerned that children would be drawn to the freeway slopes with their sleds.