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TIL Marriage rates in the United States have declined 60% over the past 50 years

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j6Ajp TIL Leonardo DiCaprio idolised River Phoenix as young actor and was desperate to meet him. He saw at a party but was separated by a crowd. Phoenix left the party and went straight to the Viper Room where he would die the same night
QNQwM TIL Kathleen Turner accused Nicolas Cage of stealing a dog and drunk driving on the set of "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986). Cage sued her for defamation and won. In exchange he received a public apology from Turner and admission from her publisher that her claims were false and defamatory.
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