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TIL that actor and diabetes spokesperson Wilford Brimley has opposed legislation in multiple states banning cockfighting. He also travels to arizona to attend cockfights.

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Vy5G TIL that Rockstar Games hired a private investigator to locate the remaining relatives of one of the members of the Skatt Bros. in Utah in order to obtain license rights to the song “Walk The Night” for use in Grand Theft Auto IV
v15XL TIL that the person actually responsible for making the first two Stars Wars films major box office hits was Ashley Boone Jr., the first black man to head the marketing and distribution dept. at a major studio--20 Century-Fox. He was also the first black president of the studio for a brief time.
BGBD TIL On June 6, 2013, John Malkovich saved a 77-year-old man’s life after the man tripped in the streets of Toronto and slashed his throat on scaffolding as he fell. Malkovich applied pressure to the man’s neck before the man was rushed to a hospital, where he received stitches.
16Egr TIL that Alan Moore's Watchmen comic series was originally set to utilize characters from Charlton Comics such as Peacemaker & Captain Atom. In fact, the original name of the Watchmen series was called "Who killed the Peacemaker?" before the character was ultimately replaced by The Comedian.
GxE5 TIL Roman Emperor Commodus was known to fight exotic animals in the arena, often to the horror of the Roman people. He once killed 100 lions in a single day. For each appearance in the arena, he charged a million sesterces, straining the Roman economy.