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TIL that there was a counter protest of thousands during the Madison Square Garden rally

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Me1JV TIL Don LaFontaine, the guy that did basically all the movie trailer voiceovers in the 90s/00s, got into it by accident and actually ran his own production company once. He got so busy and made so much money doing trailers he left a prestigious Paramount position to take up voiceovers full time.
XZRQ TIL John Rogan, the second tallest man to have ever lived, weighed only 175 lb (79kg) while being 8’ 9.5" tall
kOaee TIL In 2002, highly toxic counterfeit cigarettes were being sold in the UK. The cigarettes were produced in unhygienic factory conditions, included tobacco sweepings, sawdust, dirt, banned chemicals. The cigarettes accounted for at least a quarter of all cigarettes smoked in Britain that year.
0wbgj TIL that the reason that ranchers keep a donkey with their herd animals is that if they see a threat like a coyote, the donkeys will kick the living shit out of them to protect the herd.
pGK4 TIL that Nickelodeons The Rugrats Movie grossed more than $100 million in the United States and was the first non-Disney animated movie to earn that much