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TIL John Krasinski wore a wig in season 3 of The Office so he could film Leatherheads. Krasinski pitched the idea to the producer who rejected it because it would be too obvious. John, who was wearing the wig during the meeting, told him it wouldn't be, took off the wig, and was granted approval.

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yjxM TIL home video copies of Gremlins 2 had a scene that simulates the Gremlins interfering with the VHS itself. The scene was taken out and replaced because customers kept thinking it was real.
Z8mxR TIL the war between Israel and Egypt in 1967 ended up trapping 14 unlucky Cargo Ships in the Suez Canal for eight years. During this period crew members drank so much beer, they speculated there must be five feet of beer bottles on the lake's floor.
9Y1e6 TIL the reason why the top trim Toyota Tundra is named 1794 Edition is because the ranch that used to be on the land Toyota's Texan factory occupies was founded in 1794.
7DbO TIL that in 1140, when a opposition castle was captured by King Konrad III, the women of the castle were granted free departure and allowed to take what they could carry on their backs. Thinking quickly, the women carried the men on their backs. The King kept his word and let the men live.
NMj6 TIL George Reeves; the 1950’s Superman, had a young boy point a gun on him to test “Superman’s” Invincibility. Reeves convinced him to put the gun down by telling him someone else would get hurt when the bullet bounced off