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TIL Zach Galifianakis only took the role for the Disney/Action/Thriller G-Force because he was high when he was asked to audition.

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6Eklm TIL: The same night Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy birthday, Mr. President” to John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden, she reportedly gave him a Rolex Day-Date with the inscription “JACK, with love as always from MARILYN, May 29th 1962.” JFK told an aide to “get rid of it,”
loAEK TIL that in 1800s America, popcorn was used as a breakfast food with it being mixed with milk and sweetener similar to cereal.
0P9N TIL Einstein mediated a hostage situation when, during the WWII aftermath, Berlin University students took several professors captive.
1a19D TIL that I, a boy with Profound unilateral hearing loss can only hear 35% of a conversation if there is background noise.
kOZ6m TIL about 6-on-6 high school girls basketball that was extremely popular in Iowa. The teams had 3 guards that only played defense and 3 forwards that only played offense; these players had to stay on one side of the court.