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TIL after The Wizard of Oz, 40 books were written that are "canon" to the land of Oz, plus many others

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4GoR TIL Diogenes of Sinope, an ancient Greek philosopher, would masturbate in public. When asked why he would say: “If only it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing my belly.”
erag TIL that during filming of “The Hobbit” in green screen with no one else to act with, Ian McKellan burst into tears and said, “This is not why I became an actor”
wo8bE TIL Galyn Susman was the individual who saved ‘TOY STORY 2’ by having a copy of the film at home after someone accidentally ran a command that deleted 90% of the film from Pixar’s files.
wL9l7 TIL "Amadeus" was a originally a stage play before it was adapted into the Best-Picture-winning film in 1984. Salieri was portrayed by actors such as Ian McKellen and Frank Langella, and Mozart was portrayed by the likes of Tim Curry and Mark Hamill.
68K7 TIL: The family of Chris Benoit, the 40 year old wrestler who killed his wife and son before hanging himself in 2007, consider his death a result of brain damage, after tests showed years of wrestling injuries left him with the brain of an 85 year old with an advanced form of dementia