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TIL That the kid in the "success kid" meme is sometimes embarrassed by his fame, and he also raised over 100K for a kidney transplant for his dad, made easier when people realized who he was.

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W7v69 TIL after actor Sean Astin turned 18, he left numerous personal items at his mother Patty Duke's house. Upon returning for them, many items, including the treasure map from "The Goonies," were gone. “It’s an item that would probably be worth $100,000 now,” he said. “And I think my mom threw it out.”
DanV TIL Adam Reed (creator of Sealab 2021, Frisky Dingo, Archer) and his partner Matt were reprimanded while working at Cartoon Network for “usually working heavily intoxicated”.
8eXZb TIL The Ghermezian brothers was inspired by the traditional bazaars that existed in Persian cultures and wanted to build the “Disney World of shopping malls”. They saw their West Edmonton Mall as “ninth wonder of the world” and it had a theme park named Fantasyland until they got sued by Disney
P1bXg TIL many members of the Yakuza are actually Korean
dVb9 TIL Thomas Jefferson could read and write in 6 languages Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, and English. Post death, a number of books, dictionaries, and grammar manuals also suggest he knew Arabic, Gaelic, and Welsh.