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TIL in order to look strung out Charlie sheen stayed up for 2 days straight to achieve his role in Ferris bueller’s day off

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GXZQ TIL that there is an opera being developed for Broadway that is the telling of Jesus’s life using only Britney Spears songs
90RD TIL in 1956 Paul Hogan shocked the art world by unhooking an Impressionist masterpiece from a wall in the Tate Gallery (London) and carrying it calmly out of the gallery. Despite being photographed by journalists while he was stealing it, he’s never been prosecuted.
78mgZ TIL about Peter Tuchman, a stock trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, famously known as the "most photographed trader on Wall Street" and often featured in reaction shots during especially volatile trading days.
ylbX TIL That Proctor and Gamble hires less than 1% of the people that apply.
nWkmd TIL that in 1976 before going to a show Keith Richards received news that his three month old son had died from SIDS; he made the choice to perform that night regardless but was criticized for doing so. He later stated that if he hadn't done the show that night he would probably have shot himself.