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TIL The entire US coal industry employs fewer people than Arbys

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ZQRo TIL actor Kevin James was the number one spot on his high school wrestling team, until he had a season ending back injury. His friend took over his place and became WWE star Mick Foley.
R7Odl TIL they had a swear jar on the set of My Girl for when Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd or Howard Zieff would curse. The ‘f’ word was $10 and the ‘s’ word was $5, which Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky would split. At the end, Jamie owed about $200 each, Dan about $50 each and Howard about $60 each.
R7GJl TIL Tomohiro Nishikado, creator of Space Invaders, made the entire game himself. Not only was he its designer, programmer, artist, and sound mixer, but he also engineered the game’s microcomputer from scratch.
VBWL8 TIL Sun Microsystems was named after Stanford University Network
p8ABe TIL Popcorn was not allowed in movie theaters before 1927. With ornate architectural designs and costly seats, theater owners believed that popcorn was messy and would ruin the first-rate atmosphere they strived to create. When movies added sound, owners discovered the profitability of popcorn.