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TIL George Clooney bet Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle $10,000 to spend the night in a haunted house on Lake Como across from Clooneys house with only a candle, 6 matches, and a bottle of wine.

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wLgpE TIL: The Oval Office's current desk, a gift from Queen Victoria, was modified by FDR who had a carved front panel added to hide his leg braces. It has also been raised with a base because presidents from JFK to Reagan kept banging their knees against the underside.
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ePyg TIL British naval submarines have for years flown the jolly roger to honor submarine tradition.