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TIL Mel Blanc the voice of Bugs Bunny, voiced Barney Rubble from the Flintstones while he was in full-body cast as he lay flat on his back with the other Flintstones co-stars gathered around him after a car crash.

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nWeDB TIL that during one of the Beatles' shows for their 1966 U.S. Tour, over 2,000 fans broke through the security barriers separating the audience from the stage, forcing the band to stop performing and take shelter backstage. 30 minutes passed before security was restored and the show could resume.
wLK66 TIL: Along with LOTR, Sean Connery also turned down the role of Morpheus in The Matrix because he didn’t understand the script. Seeing his mistakes, he made League of Extraordinary Gentleman... despite not understanding the script.
4aYN TIL of Erik Wolpaw, an employee at Valve that was sick for an extended period of time. Gabe Newell surprised him by offering an extended leave with pay. “Your job is to get better,” Newell said. “That is your job description at Valve. So go home to your wife and come back when you are better.”
ne9Qr TIL Hitler was so paranoid that the British would poison him so he had 15 girls taste the food before he ate it himself. ""The food was delicious, only the best vegetables, asparagus, bell peppers, everything you can imagine", food taster Margot Woelk recalled
kJrN5 Til a micro ecosystem consisting of seeds and insect eggs was sent to the Moon by Chinese scientists. A cotton plant sprouted, but then it died and the experiment ended.