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TIL That when legendary Rolling Stone writer Ben Fong Torres got married the wedding photographer was Annie Leibovitz.

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Wk7X9 TIL despite a 1998 GAO poll for the upcoming $1 coin warning that 65% of the public preferred the Statue of Liberty design and 27% preferred Sacagawea, the U.S. Mint decided to open a competition for the Sacagawea design. The coin was ultimately rejected by the public.
b6pkZ TIL Rugby legend Dan Carter’s last kick of his career was with his wrong foot, in the World Cup Final. 1427 points (left foot) vs 3 points (right foot)
QJ8na TIL in the late 80s NASA studied house plants as a means of providing cleaner and purer air for their space stations. They found Peace Lilies and Chrysanthemums to be the best all rounders at air filtering.
8Rbb TIL John Cryer was the original choice to play the role of Chandler Bing in FRIENDS.
R5w06 TIL that the Gilligan’s Island theme song was written by composer John Williams