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TIL John F Kennedy revoked Sammy Davis Jr's inauguration invite due to his planned marriage to white actress May Britt

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4XRno TIL in 2015 David Copperfield was ranked the 20th highest-earning celebrity in the world. He's earned more than any solo entertainer in history.
GjL4 TIL Pinocchio was originally a serial where Pinocchio was generally a rebellious whiny brat, Geppetto was eaten by a shark, the cricket was squashed to death, Pinocchio was hanged by thieves, and his nose growing was a minor point happening only twice and not always due to lying
grW9W TIL: In the 25 years since Ron Goldman’s family won a $33,500,000 civil judgement against OJ Simpson for wrongful death, he has only paid the family about $133,000.
GxN7 TIL in 1994 David Hasselhoff tried to re-ignite his music career by staging a Pay Per View performance. The event however was eclipsed by the live coverage of OJ Simpson fleeing from police. Hasselhoff’s event took a 1.5 million dollar loss.
OOvR TIL Sometimes a heart transplant involves keeping the original so that the recipient can have two beating hearts in their chest