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TIL: AEG Live, the owners and operators of Coachella Music Festival attempted to profit off of Michael Jackson's death by offering fan's 'Souvenior Tickets' in leiu of a refund to tickets to the 'This Is It' tour, which was interrupted by Jackson's death.

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Qg6M TIL that Jennifer Aniston was offered a spot as a featured player on Saturday Night Live, but turned it down to accept the role of Rachel on Friends
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a8AG0 TIL that well into the 18th century, many mapmakers held the persistent belief that California was an island. This eventually prompted in 1747 the following royal decree from King Ferdinand VI of Spain: “California is not an island.”