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TIL Robert Downey Jr. had such a bad criminal record that he was interrogated for 6 hours at customs on his way to the Iron Man premiere in Japan, before being told never to come back again

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9YpOG TIL in the 1946 movie It's A Wonderful Life when the pharmacist hits young George Baily (Bob Anderson) in anger and blood comes out of the child's ear, that was not a special effect. The pharmacist really smacked him so hard that the child's ear started bleeding.
6rDX TIL Dam Son, the kid in the yearbook meme, grew up to be a respected theoretical physicist.
kJnEm TIL that Washington State University has a Taco Bell Distinguished Professorship. It’s apparently named in honor of the founder of Taco Bell who contributed significant financial resources to the University.
EnDw TIL Walt Disney World was originally planned for Saint Louis, until the owner of Anheuser-Busch insulted Walt at a cocktail party
LOmd TIL in 1912 a group of investors were sold a 480 inch instead of a 480 foot skyscraper for $200,000 because nobody bothered to read the plans properly.