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TIL that Marlon Brando held several patents, including one for a "Drumhead tensioning device and method" (U.S. Patent 6,812,392), which was granted posthumously in November 2004. He was also an active amateur radio enthusiast with the call signs KE6PZH and FO5GJ (the latter from his Tahitian island)

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