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TIL a guy got rich by selling old farmer’s clothes to hipsters and yuppies

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BgQer TIL actor Deep Roy played 165 different Oompa Loompas in Tim Burton's 2005 version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
jgyj TIL in 1977 singer Tom Waits was arrested outside a coffee shop for trying to stop men from bullying other patrons.These men were plainclothes officers,and Waits was charged with disturbing the peace.Waits disputed the charge,was found not guilty,and successfully sued the police dept. for $7,500
a89GJ TIL A disgruntled Chinese man, who was recently single, organized for every odd numbered seat to be bought for the premiere screening of a romance movie on Valentine's Day, forcing couples to sit one seat apart
W79o8 TIL - there's such a thing as pink snow
ADPEo TIL the political "Left" and "Right" picked those sides in 1789, when French revolutionaries in the National Assembly decided which side of the room they would sit on. "So as to avoid the shouts, oaths, and indecencies that enjoyed free rein in the opposing camp." -Baron de Gauville