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TIL while recording the original Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror", James Earl Jones chewed on a cookie close to his microphone in order to get the alien drooling sounds just right for Alien Chief Serak.

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wjPY TIL Danny Antonucci, the creator of Ed, Edd n Eddy produced the series entirely on a dare
KYZ0Q TIL, unlike most birds, kiwis have horrible eyesight and are frequently prone to ophthalmological issues. As a result, they naturally rely so heavily on other senses that some have been found to have survived perfectly well albeit completely blind in the wild for years.
09NA TIL that test audiences that viewed the film “Good Night and Good Luck” prior to its release complained that the actor who played Joe McCarthy was too over-the-top, not realizing that the film used archival footage of McCarthy himself.
x550 TIL a billionaire in Pune in India cancelled all his meeting for the day when his driver of 30 years died. He also drove the driver’s body to crematorium in his limosine.
y9Yl TIL Barter economies never existed. There’s no historical description of such a system—though there is evidence of gift economies.