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TIL, at her request, Elizabeth Taylor's funeral was delayed 15 minutes. So people would be able to say about her, "She was even late for her own funeral".

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NYvP TIL there are more tigers privately owned by US citizens than in the wild worldwide.
VBgk TIL that on this day in 2000, the US national debt was dropping.
R5wRa TIL: In 1905 an outlaw was shot, buried, dug up by his buddies for a last drink, and reburied.
BrkgW TIL that in 1984, J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Hobbit" was adapted as a TV movie in the Soviet Union. It was titled "The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit, Across the Wild Land, Through the Dark Forest, Beyond the Misty Mountains. There and Back Again"
0ded1 TIL the original Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963) in New York enabled direct rail access to New York City from the south for the first time. It was considered a masterpiece of the Beaux-Arts style and one of the great architectural works of NYC. Its loss galvanized the historic preservation movement