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TIL of Joshua Norton. A homeless San Francisco local who declared himself Emperor of the United States, and ruled for 20 years and had over 10,000 people attend his funeral.

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M7xR8 TIL when Dean Martin was signed to Paramount in California in 1949, he was thrilled to be out of NYC as he had a lifelong discomfort with the city, mainly because of its tall buildings. When he leased a Manhattan highrise, he lived on the third floor. He also liked L.A. as it had few tall buildings.
vRaL TIL Mark Knopfler would not allow Weird Al to parody his song “Money for Nothing” unless he was the one to play guitar on the parody.
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