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TIL that Ellen Degeneres turned down the role of Phoebe on “Friends.”

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nWNRb TIL that in the 1890's, more than 170,000 horses were living and working in New York City. The accumulation of urine, manure and dead horse carcasses created a nasal nightmare. When it rained the accumulated mess flowed freely into the city basements.
QNlYa TIL About Early Onset (aka Precocious) Puberty, Which Can Happen To Girls As Young As 9
b9BJ4 TIL that U.S. Postal Service regulations originally stated that mail deliveries be made "as frequently as the public convenience may require". Residential customers received mail two or three times a day until 1950 and some businesses received mail up to five times a day.
8ZMZ TIL there is a village named Paris in Russia, in 2005 there was constructed a 1:5 replica of the Eiffel Tower.