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TIL James Franco got a “D” in his acting class at NYU. He was filming “127 Hours” around this time.

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b9lk0 TIL the color of a mirror is actually green because a mirror reflects a little more green light than any other color.
7r49b TIL that pop culture gargoyles have been used to repair and replace decaying carvings on cathedrals, including the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., which added a bust of Darth Vader in the 1980s, the contest-winning entry from Christopher Rader, a 13-year-old kid from Nebraska.
7r6PL TIL that Wellington awarded the Key to the City to a cat named Mittens, for "bringing happiness, laughter and coolness to the capital – and putting the city on the map internationally with his feline antics."
p8A08 TIL that in "Take Me Home, Country Roads," the ode to West Virginia , the Shenandoah River is one of two place names mentioned. But the Shenandoah spends only its sixteen final miles in West Virginia. The rest--about 230 miles of main stem and combined North and South Forks--is in Virginia.
W79KB TIL in 1981, Neil Armstrong denied MTV’s request to use his likeness and “One small step” quote as part of its Moonman station identification opening sequence. The part was modified with background music and a series of beeps.