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TIL punk band The Sex Pistols were a manufactured band created as way to promote a clothing store.

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vP58D Today I learned that three Neapolitan brothers established a pirate record label from a market stall in the1970s that became Italy’s third biggest record label – until police cracked down. The film 'Mixed by Erry' is an Italian film based on these events.
Jl1B TIL that Topher Grace edited together the Star Wars prequels into an 85 minute film that was described by Peter Sciretta of Slashfilms as “probably the best possible edit of the Star Wars prequels given the footage released and available.”
d8gOZ TIL that 5 dogs died during the filing of the Air Budd sequel, Snow Buddies
pYYWG TIL that Paul Giamatti's dad was the Commissioner of Baseball and President of Yale University
mPJY TIL that during the Depression, women would make clothing out of feed sacks. When the manufacturers found out, they started printing floral and geometric patterns on the inside of the sacks.