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TIL comedian-actress Janeane Garofalo didn’t know she was married for 20 years to her writer ex-boyfriend, now a TV exec producer, believing their drunken Las Vegas wedding wasn’t official since they didn’t file any papers at a courthouse. Her “husband” discovered the truth before his real wedding.

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