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TIL that Vince Gilligan almost didn’t go through with making Breaking Bad because he found out that Weeds was in development and had a similar premise. If he had known about Weeds earlier we wouldn’t have Breaking Bad.

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awNLN TIL Popeye was actually a member of the U.S. Coast Guard until he enlisted in the Navy in the 1941 cartoon "The Mighty Navy" and other related shorts due to World War II. He would remain in his U.S. Navy uniform until 1978 with the exception of retaining the standard issue Navy "Dixie Cup" cap.
04KA TIL Mary Tyler Moore once offered a restaurant $1000 for a 65 year-old lobster so she could return it to the wild. Rush Limbaugh then offered $2000 to eat the lobster. The restaurant denied both offers and kept the lobster as a mascot.
W7r4B TIL that in 1998, celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo broke into singer Paul Young's house and served 2 years in prison as a result. Years later he called Young to apologize; Young accepted the apology and suggested D'Acampo invite him to his new restaurant to make it up to him.
R5rw9 TIL that 2500 years ago, an explorer named Hanno found a tribe of ‘hairy and savage’ people. He captured three women, but they were so ferocious that he had them killed and skinned. It’s speculated that he actually discovered gorillas. Gorillas were named after his name for the tribe.
OmVe TIL, Truvada, the most effective HIV drug, can be used as a “morning after” pill to stop the spread of the virus. The drug is as effective as using a condom for stopping HIV.