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TIL Jeff Bridges’ grandchildren call him “DudePa”

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QPyk TIL George Takei turned down the cameo in Marge vs the Monorail because he ‘takes monorails very seriously’
KEPG TIL - Freddy Mercury was so ill with AIDS when he recorded “The Show Must Go On” that Brian May didn’t think he could do it. Mercury slammed some vodka, said “I’ll fucking do it, darling” and killed it in one take.
o1rW TIL when Oprah gave the audience cars back in 2004, they were not really free. They had to pay about $6,000 in federal and income taxes. Some people paid the taxes by taking out car loans; others traded their new Pontiacs for cheaper, less souped-up cars.
n5OW TIL that in 1985 two researchers from Oxford published a paper that put the definitive date of Jesus’ crucifixion at Friday, April 3, 33 AD
9rjp TIL that George Foreman was banking $8M PER MONTH during the height of the Foreman Grill craze