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TIL Rick Kirkham of Tiger King fame conducted high profile interviews about drug abuse while secretly being high on crack

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KYXra TiL Jerry Sadowitz had a 1987 album withdrawn from circulation after he refered to Jimmy Savile as a paedophile
EgZLx TIL On 5th November families, schools and communities across the UK burn an effigy of a man who tried to start an insurrection.
0w8BN TIL that Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory currently earns just $8-9 every three months from royalty payments.
WkQkd TIL Thomas Edison proposed a giant phonograph be placed in the mouth of the Statue of Liberty so that it could welcome people to the US
Z8QpG TIL that in Tom Hanks' first movie, "He Knows You're Alone", his character was supposed to be killed off, but the crew liked him so much they decided not to film the scene, meaning his character survived