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TIL Rick Moranis improvised his entire Louis Tully speech in Ghostbusters at his apartment party, none of that was scripted. He decided he'd be a tax accountant and riffed all that gold. "I'm giving this whole thing as a promotional expense, that's why I invited clients instead of friends."

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nWmQB TIL of US Secret Service special agent Jerry Parr, who helped save the life of Ronald Reagan after an assassination attempt. As a boy, Parr saw Reagan portray a Secret Service agent in 1939's "Code of the Secret Service" and was inspired to become an agent himself.
LQvLv TIL in 2015, Devon Staples, who used to work at Disney World and would dress up as Gaston and Goofy, died instantly after attempting to launch a firework off his head while celebrating the Fourth of July with his friends.
5Y5w9 TIL that the US has spent over $4.79 Trillion on wars in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan and the Department of Homeland Security through 2016
5VYjB TIL about the Diamond-Water Paradox in economics. Even though life cannot exist without water but can easily exist without diamonds, diamonds are, pound for pound, vastly more valuable than water
REkQ TIL that an episode of Peppa Pig about a spider, “Mr. Skinny Legs”, was banned in Australia after a viewer claimed that it’s dangerous to teach kids not to be afraid of spiders.