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p86Np Today I Learned that Matthew Perry (Chandler from Friends) made his debut on British television playing a shy character whose life changes for the better as he begins to charm people by throwing his dog in the air, in a show called "The Dog Thrower".
1adKO TIL that Stephen Colbert's father was the Dean of the Medical School at Yale University
9oaB TIL that in January 1992, the banking system of Rhode Island suddenly collapsed, and hundreds of thousands of people lost access to their bank account for months, even years. Protesters were reported to smear excrement on the walls of the Rhode Island legislature in anger.
epZ6n TIL that the day before 9/11, a Canadian named Evan Kuz, visited the World Trade Center with a young woman he met. He stayed at the WTC before the observation deck was closed and was the last to go up before 9/11. He donated his stub to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in 2009.
eyXk TIL that while Steven Spielberg was watching Jurassic Park audition videos at home, Ariana Richards’ sounded so terrified on her recording that Spielberg’s napping wife jumped up to make sure her children were okay. Richards got the part.