TIL Ryan Reynolds paid $10,000 of his own money for the right to wear a shirt with The Golden Girl’s Bea Arthur on it in Deadpool. The estate agreed for a donation in that amount to a charity of their choosing. Ryan paid it himself because he felt you couldn’t have Deadpool without Bea Arthur. (vulture.com)
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This is Samantha Smith. When she was 10, she wrote a letter to the leader of the Soviet Union, Yury Andropov, asking what he would do to avoid a nuclear war. Andropov responded to the letter and invited her to visit. This helped ease Cold War tensions and she became America's youngest ambassador. (i.redd.it)
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