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TIL show sponsor Home Depot pushed out host Bob Vila from PBS's This Old House in 1989 due to his sponsorship of then-competitor Rickel. He was paid so little by the network, whose funding had been slashed, that he decided to stick with Rickel rather than the show.
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TIL Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) was a computer magazine columnist in the 90s and his column became known for randomly referencing Uma Thurman and pranking readers. He is also credited with debunking a 90s era conspiracy theory which suggested Microsoft's Wingdings font contained secret messages
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TIL: Bob Vila, famous handy man, was actually fired from This Old House. They paid him crap money and then demanded he drop his sponsorships that actually brought him income when Home Depot complained.