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TIL Michael J. Fox negotiated the deal for Family Ties from a phone booth because he didn’t have a phone at home. He was told the network would need to call, and he said he was only home between the hours of four and five. He waited for the call, and fortunately he was there to answer it

LQg49 TIL Pizza wasn't popular in Italy until it was popular in America. It was just a cheap peasant street food in Naples for centuries. Southern Italian Americans, being richer in America than back home, made more elaborate pizzas. Italians then started making pizza to cater to American tourists.
ANNog TIL of a type of ant called a "gamergate". It is a worker ant that can lay eggs and reproduce (unlike typical worker ants which are sterile), and some species of ants have completely replaced queens with gamergates.
Mewp7 TIL there was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle rock band that toured as a stage show with an album of original songs and performers in animatronic heads, brought to you by Pizza Hut. The "band" appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show along with April O'neill to promote the 'Coming Out of Their Shells' tour
YpPbd TIL During a 1989 Christmas television broadcast, Santa Claus encouraged all children to hold the phone to the TV, tricking them into dialing a 1-900 number that automatically charged several dollars to their parents' phone bill.
b6B7Q Today I learned Quentin Tarantino was an Elvis Impersonator on The Golden Girls and received $3,000 in royalties which helped fund his directing career.