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TIL Before creating “Family Guy” Seth MacFarlane worked for Hanna-Barbara Productions writing for such shows as “Johnny Bravo” and “Cow and Chicken”

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Eo17 TIL Stone Age Europeans are thought to have created brief “gifs”, by drawing two versions of an image, one over the other, on cave walls. The flickering of a torch light would “animate” the image
RKll TIL David Letterman sponsors a scholarship at Ball State that is supposedly awarded to “average” students, since he was a mediocre student.
6EaRZ TIL the Vatican investigated child actress Shirley Temple after accusations she was not actually a child, but a 30-year-old midget. The rumors were fueled by her mature acting skill and "stocky" body type.
JLnl TIL actor Danny Trejo does not do his own stunts because he says “I don’t want to risk 80 people’s jobs just so I can say I have big nuts.”
666w TIL that in 5 years, Jahangir Khan played 555 consecutive squash matches, maintaining an unbeaten run the entire time. During this winning streak, he won the International Squash Players Association Championship, without losing a single point.