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TIL of the ‘Peggy Martin’ rose, that survived two weeks under 20’ of saltwater after Hurricane Katrina

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XE5Q TIL Trey Parker wanted to turn the South park episode ‘Pinewood Derby’ into an hourlong special about Earth being 'taken over by a lone alien wielding a small pistol’ but decided not to because the Simpsons had already done that.
QLyX TIL it was no coincidence “Antz” was released a month before Disney/Pixar “A Bugs life”. Pixar had been working on Bugs Life for much longer. Antz was made by a former Disney employee who didn’t leave on good terms. He sped up the production admitting his intentions were to “Battle Disney”
ANljl TIL July 13th is "Jeff Goldblum Day" as officially declared by the Pittsburgh City Council in 2004
v19GK TIL the 'Fake Shemp' - using one actor to fill in for another - is now prohibited by Screen Actors Guild rules, as a result of a lawsuit filed by Crispin Glover over his replacement in Back to the Future II
9wWyG TIL that the text of U2's song 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet' was written by Salman Rushdie and sent to Bono for the music