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TIL of Australian news anchor Karl Stefanovic, who wore the same suit on air every day for a year, to see if people would notice, and nobody did

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rdww TIL James Franco got a “D” in his acting class while he was filming 127 Hours, the film he was nominated for an Oscar for. It has been claimed either his acting professor was jealous, or that he had too many absent days to complete the course.
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