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TIL Stephen King never cashed Frank Darabont’s $5,000 check for the rights to ‘Shawshank Redemption,’ later framing it and returning it with a note: “In case you ever need bail money. Love, Steve

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yNE8 TIL that Kobe Bryant’s parents had to cosign his first NBA contract, because he was only 17 when he was drafted.
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