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TIL that Former U.S. Senator and Actor George Murphy is the only United States Senator represented by a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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ANDZl TIL The 1761 transition of Venus is one of the earliest international scientific collaborations. Britian, France, and Austria sent astronomers around the world to ensure good observations with the British team of Jeremiah Dixon and Charles Mason at the Cape of Good Hope being the most successful.
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