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lo4Lr TIL in the film Paddington, the writers wanted the CGI bear to use a cake fork for a gag, but director Paul King had to veto it because it'd cost another £10k to render the fork in CGI
d81nQ TIL that in 1954, Warren Buffett tried to corner the market on Blue Eagle stamps. He bought almost 400,000 of them, expecting 2,500% gains from desperate collectors. The demand never materialized: he ended up selling his stamp stash at a loss in 1982. He never bought collectibles again after that.