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TIL that Married with Children star Ed O'Neill was working as a substitute teacher at his high school alma mater when he decided to pursue acting.

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jNXNN TIL That the director of The Shawshank Redemption bought the script from Stephen King for just $5,000 and could have sold it for $3 million after working on it for just 8 weeks to turn it into a movie script. Even though he was a first-time director, he refused and directed the movie himself.
Y9LG TIL that a 2011 survey found that Belgians are the world’s least “cool” nationality
16AKW TIL Mike Judge created Boomhauer's voice based on a disgruntled viewer's voice mail that he couldn't understand. The voice mail was left during the Beavis and Butthead days. Here is a link to that voice mail.
XErKD TIL about the McDonalds in Sedona, AZ. Because of council restrictions, the famous golden arches are blue, as to not interfere with the red colour of the mountains nearby.
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