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TIL That after Russell Crowe publicly trashed George Clooney for being in an ad, Clooney sent him a note saying, “Dude, the only people who succeed when two famous people are fighting is People magazine. What is wrong with you?”

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mxOPx TIL that Aretha Franklin required that she would be paid, in cash, prior to any performance, often carrying the money in a bag, on stage during the show.
9Ywmr TIL of the huia bird. It went extinct in 1907 and its call was never recorded, but it exists today because an elderly Maori man imitated in 1949 from memories of his childhood.
Wo8 TIL There has been one person who has been completely cured of HIV/AIDS
Akpx TIL of Rodriguez, a failed folk-singer from Detroit. While working hard labor all his life, he unknowingly had become more famous than Elvis & the Beatles in South Africa and only found out 30 years later. Oh, and the documentary about his life is nominated for an Oscar tonight.
Br9kr TIL all Golden Retrievers descend from a single mating pair of a Flat-coated Retriever named Nous and a Tweed Water Spaniel named Belle