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TIL that in 1978 Alice Cooper donated $27,000 to help restore the famous HOLLYWOOD sign. He sponsored an O in memory of his friend, Groucho Marx.

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gDJA TIL the Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. The institution is teaching since 1096.
yZ0a TIL that a 1969 SciFi novel accurately predicted the current state of world affairs of 2010 including a popular leader called President Obomi
nZvr TIL an Air Canada passenger flight took a detour and dropped from 37,000 feet to 4,000 feet to help find a stranded yacht off the Australian coast. It took the passengers 25 minutes after the emergency beacon was activated to locate the yacht.
Kxw9 TIL that Gmail was launched on April 1,2004 and was widely assumed to be an April Fools’ Day prank.They offered 1GB free storage in 2004 while other webmail services provided between 5MB - 50MB.
ANWjg TIL the story John Thompson. A young boy who became famous overnight after having both his arms ripped off in a farming accident in 1992. He survived and had both arms successfully reattached and can still use them.