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TIL that Giancarlo Esposito, who portrayed the villain Gustavo Fring in Breaking Bad, has such a poor Spanish accent that some native speakers have described it as 'Nails on chalkboard'.

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80n8 TIL that negative stereotypes about Star Trek fans have existed for a very long time. A 1975 newspaper article mocked them as fat junk-food eaters obsessed about show trivia.
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e98n TIL Quentin Tarantino was nominated for best supporting actor by Saturn, and worst supporting actor, by the Razzies, for the same film; From Dusk Till Dawn
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