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TIL that Zach Galifianakis was approached by Nike to be in their advertising after the success of The Hangover. During the conference call, he broke the ice by asking, “So, do you guys still have 7-year-olds making your stuff?”

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N71OQ TIL of the Red Ghost, a camel that wandered the Arizona desert for 10 years with a human skeleton strapped to its back