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Today I learned Marty Funkhouser (Super Dave Osborne) is Albert Brooks older brother

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kJnem TIL that despite $50 million in sales, the popular candy bar “PB Max” was discontinued simply because the Mars family doesn’t like the taste of peanut butter
9wrPr TIL that Audrey Hepburn's first starring role was 'Roman Holiday' (1953). Gregory Peck insisted that Hepburn's name appear before the film's title in a font as large as his: "You've got to change that because she'll be a big star and I'll look like a big jerk". Hepburn won an Oscar.
MeWe7 TIL the band Jefferson Airplane whose arguably most famous song "White Rabbit" was used in the trailer for "The Matrix Resurrection" was formed in 1965 after singer Marty Balin invested in opening a club called "The Matrix".
4XGDa TIL about the Nike Decade, a shoe line that was discontinued after members of the cult Heaven's Gate performed a mass suicide while wearing the sneakers. Pairs of the shoes now resell for thousands of dollars.
8arMX TIL there’s a cryptocurrency named Dogecoin with the face of a Shiba Inu as it’s logo. It was made as joke in 2013 but is now worth over $350 million in market value.