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TIL HBO, Showtime and FX all turned down Breaking Bad.

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kJgLe TIL that Ryan Gosling was fired from The Lovely Bones after gaining 60 pounds for the role by drinking melted Häagen-Dazs ice cream. He had envisioned the character as overweight, but the director disagreed, leading to his dismissal.
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eplw6 TIL about anti-tank dogs. During WWII Soviets trained dog to run under German tanks with explosive on them so they would blow them up.
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