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TIL it took 128 attempts to get the script for The Simpsons episode "A Fish Called Selma" greenlit.

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LGGZ TIL : A man donned Walmart uniform and walked into Walmart pretending to be an employee. There he stole four flat screen TVs and left through the emergency exit without anyone suspecting.
AD7Ll TIL Jake Gyllenhaal tried out for the part of Frodo in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and heard back that it was one of the worst auditions they had. Gyllenhaal was not even aware he had to have a British accent for the role
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