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TIL that Phil Hartman was one of the writers on the script for Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

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BrbpL TIL The identity of the Creator of the popular Manga/Anime, Death Note, is closely guarded secret. Tsugumi Ohba is the creator's Pen Name.
16KxV TIL that in 2011, the Mexican ambassador in London complained to the BBC and demanded an apology from "Top Gear" presenter Richard Hammond, after Hammond called the Mexicans 'lazy, feckless, flatulent and overweight' on the show
joBj TIL: The place where Hitler started the Nazi party is now an Apple shop
d6ed TIL studies have shown that dry counties have higher drunk driving fatalities than wet counties. Researchers believe that dry county residents will go to neighboring wet counties, get intoxicated, then have to drive back further while drunk.
GYBBg TIL that Billie Holiday died broke - with just $0.70 in her bank account and an estate worth $1000, despite being a household name.