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TIL that the creator of Breaking Bad, Vince Gilligan, had planned to kill off Jesse or Hank in the first season, as a "ballsy" moment to end the season on, but a screenwriters strike limited the production from nine to seven episodes and the death was eliminated with the limited episode count

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R71P9 TIL of Mockbusters, ripoffs of Blockbusters including the 1998 "Secret of Mulan" which ripped off Mulan and A Bugs Life, where all the characters were bugs.
yQx6V TIL after Disneyland's success, NBC invited Walt Disney to build his 2nd theme park near Secaucus, New Jersey not far from NYC. Walt found out the NJ climate would not allow a year-round park, and Roy Disney suggested putting "some method of controlling the weather – a vast dome or some such thing."
WP1A TIL that in the Looney Tunes universe, the mouse Speedy Gonzales has a cousin named Slowpoke Rodriguez whose possible marijuana habit is alluded to in an episode from 1962.
PYvvV TIL that although pop cultural references to the 1954 TV show Lassie often includes Timmy falling down a well, Timmy never did fall down a well in the actual show.
xVnoB TIL that this month, this year is the 2500tg anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae, when King Leonidas famously led his 300 Spartans against the Persian King Xerxes’ forces of around 300,000