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TIL Hawaii tried to raise the smoking age to 100

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Z8eZ4 TIL Seth MacFarlane served as executive producer of the Neil deGrasse Tyson-hosted series Cosmos. He was instrumental in providing funding for the series, as well as securing studio support for it from other entertainment execs.
OGnxY TIL three of the child actors who played the Artful Dodger in the stage musical Oliver! in the 1960s went on to become famous rock musicians: Steve Marriott (Small Faces and Humble Pie), Davey Jones (The Monkees), and Phil Collins (Genesis and solo).