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TIL Will Smith signed on for The Fresh Prince of Bel Air because he owed the IRS $2.8 million

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VN6D TIL to help support his family, Shia LaBeouf would dress up like a clown and sell hot dogs in the park across the sreet from his family’s apartment.
epKN5 TIL that the phrase "you can't shout fire in a crowded theater" was invented by the prosecutor who got Eugene V. Debs sent to prison for protesting WW1.
Z87Jv TIL The anime Fullmetal Alchemist’s quality dropped significantly due to it outpacing it’s source material. Once the Manga was finished, the show was re-made properly.
vEg4 TIL the Chinese have a version of Bigfoot/Yeti/Sasquatch called the Yeren – and there is Youtube footage of a supposed half-human/half-Yeren from a remote Chinese village
KO0LJ TIL Johnny Cash started a forest fire in California that burned over 500 acres. When questioned by a judge, he said, “I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it”.