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TIL Maya Rudolph’s husband Paul Thomas Anderson is the son of Ernest Anderson. He was a late-night horror host know for his portrayal of Ghoulardi, the host of a Shock Theater program in Cleveland Ohio from 1963 through 1966.

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woVZ6 TIL Jack Benny's last staring role in a film was in The Horn Blows at Midnight, which was a box office bomb. The film would go on to gain a new life as a punchline on The Jack Benny Program where it was the butt of jokes for over 20 years.
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VAp TIL in 2011, the main menu theme for Civilization IV (“Baba Yetu”) was the first original musical composition from a video game to win a Grammy.