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TIL The music used in the ‘You wouldn’t steal a car’ anti-piracy advert was stolen.

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KOAXa TIL John F Kennedy once had a 2 year long affair with beauty queen and actress Inga Arvad, even coming very close to marrying her. The relationship ended when Joe Kennedy discovered Ms Arvad had another man in her life- the one and only Adolf Hitler- and was under FBI surveillance as a result.
OG8eY TIL that Craig Ferguson, the host of The Late Late Show would rip up his blue note cards (which contained potential questions for guests) as a way of signifying that what was coming wasn't really planned. Sometimes, that brought a lot of empty riffing with a celebrity who just couldn't keep up.
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