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TIL that ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ was renamed 'The Man Worth Millions’ when airing on Israeli TV because of the association between “six million” and the Holocaust

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OGkg7 TIL a poor Mark Twain sold a man a lost dog for $3, then later helped the original owner find the dog for the same amount
8eM18 TIL, Tupac and Michael Jackson almost collaborated on a song but it fell through when Jackson failed to show up to the studio session
OGQAY TIL Celine Dion’s song It’s All Coming Back To Me Now was originally performed by a group called Pandora’s Box. They only had one album, and included vocals by the actress who played public defender Billie Young in Night Court.
Men8m TIL about rogue waves which for centuries, scientists believed were a myth, despite eyewitness accounts from returning mariners. The first real measurement only occurred on Jan 1, 1995 where it was recorded on an oil-drilling platform off the coast of Norway.
ANLbB TIL about the Tiger Keelback snake, one of the very few poisonous-venomous snakes in the World