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TIL Mel Blanc’s tombstone reads; “That’s all folks!”

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nek9b TIL that Steven Spielberg, while filming Raiders of the Lost Ark in Tunisia, avoided the dysentery that afflicted Harrison Ford & most of the cast & crew. Spielberg's secret weapon? The suitcases full of SpaghettiOs he brought with him on the shoot.
JW6v TIL in the 1970’s, General Motors designed the Chevy Vega specifically so it could be shipped pointed downwards. The fluid reservoirs were designed so fluid did not leak when the cars were tipped on end. This allowed them to ship 30 automobiles on a single rail car.
VBb98 TIL The Gorillaz original character designs were created by the co-creator/illustrator of the comic series Tank Girl
xVWKB TIL In the mid-80s, Apple produced a whole range of clothing and accessories, designed for those who clamoured to get hold of products with the older, multi-coloured logo on them. It even produced its own catalogue, called the "Apple Collection",
KOVja TIL that Ho Chi Minh could speak conversational Esperanto, a language constructed a Polish ophthalmologist with the intent to create a universal language that is easy for anyone to learn.