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TIL that Superman actor Christopher Reeve was interested in Scientology until he was auditing and told them about a “past life” that was really a story from Greek mythology; he was disillusioned that they believed his lie and stopped pursuing Scientology

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a8MnJ TIL Akira Toriyama's biggest reason for Goku's hair going blond when he went Super Saiyan was to save work for his assistant whose time was always taken up by filling in Goku's black hair.
RNa1 TIL The Guy who voiced the Pillsbury Doughboy’s Laugh was making the equivolent of over $300,000 a year just for that laugh