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TIL that the Epic Sax Guy is Moldovan

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bwJZ TIL that some haunted houses are thought to be the result of dangerous safety hazards, like carbon monoxide leaks, which cause hallucinations.
JnXj TIL The Kids in the Hall got their name from an old Hollywood practice of blaming the young writers that hung out and wrote jokes on the fly in the hallways of live TV talk/variety shows when a joke bombed. “I got this from the kids in the hall”
ANN4g TIL The subtitle for the 1880 novel Ben Hur is A Tale of the Christ. The movie poster for the 1959 film had "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents A Tale of the Christ".
DaxP TIL Bill Gates supports a financial transactions/Robin Hood tax
LQln9 TIL there used to exist a raised subway line along Third Avenue in Manhattan and ran beginning in 1878 but was phased out in the 1950s. It was a frequent backdrop for movies