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TIL that when Elton John married his wife Renate Blauel in 1984, Rod Stewart sent a wedding telegram that read "You may still be standing but we're all on the f**king floor"

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gMyvX TIL of Steven Bradbury's olympic gold after all of his opponents were involved in a last corner pile-up.