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TIL Ryan Stiles dropped out of high school to pursue a career in comedy.

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9YrBM TIL of plans for a Gregg Allman biopic but was cancelled after one day of filming. While on a railroad trestle bridge illegally, a train struck several crew members, killing one. The director plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to two years in prison and eight years probation.
5nbQ TIL The Hershey Kiss bell-choir Christmas commercial first came out in 1989, and has been running ever since each holiday season.
4X9Wb TIL Tony Hendra, the actor who plays Spinal Taps manager Ian Faith attempted suicide the night before the first day of filming. He credits the joy he received from making this movie with bringing him back from his depression.
4kpjb Today I learned that 37 years ago this month, Geraldo Rivera blasted open “Al Capone’s Vaults” live on television and discovered… nothing.
v1od4 TIL despite the widespread modern belief that the Library of Alexandria was burned once and cataclysmically destroyed, the Library actually declined gradually over the course of several centuries.