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TIL Idina Menzel earned $30,000 a week during her performance as Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked.

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rLBy TIL an NYC woman found a plea for help in her Saks 5th Ave shopping bag written by the African teacher who made it in prison in China. A reporter tracked him down. “Maybe this bag could go somewhere and they find this letter and they can let my family know, or anybody, that I am in prison,” he said.
E1rZd TIL Enya has never undertaken a concert tour, yet she is Ireland's bestselling solo artist and second-bestselling artist behind U2, selling an estimated 75 million records worldwide
kJ6k5 TIL the book on which the movie "The Exorcist" is based was initially a failure. The author lucked out when he was invited as a last-minute guest on late night show, The Dick Cavett Show. Subsequently, the book hit The New York Times best-seller list and was picked up by Warner Bros for the movie.
4X5Bw TIL weed smoking substantially elevates heart rate and risk of heart attack
wnpJ TIL There was a homeless man who survived being intentionally fed Antifreeze, Turpentine, Rat poison, being left in -14 degree weather and hit by a taxi in a life insurance scam. His nickname became “Mike the Durable”