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TIL Richard Pryor wrote the screenplay for Blazing Saddles however he was rejected for the role of Sheriff Bart

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166dr TIL Jim Henson was an early pioneer in digital sets and computer-created puppets.
MeByK TIL about Lizzie Velásquez, a woman unable to gain weight. The 31yo is a motivational speaker and YouTuber, and she’s never weighed more than 64 lbs due to an extremely rare genetic disorder.
yQjV8 TIL one of the most successful forms of communism exists in the Indian state of Kerala and has been democratically elected multiple times.
kO5Ym TIL : AS Long As Possible (ASLAP) is a visual art work by Finnish artist Juha van Ingen, consisting of a 1000-year long GIF animation loop which will automatically start over, after the last frame has played. ASLAP is intended to continue to play for ever.
YkGW TIL because of “Hollywood Accounting”, most movies (including blockbusters) have technically not turned a profit allowing Hollywood to not pay certain contributors.