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TIL Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys was voiced by Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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4gY5 TIL that during filming of Star Wars: Episode I, Ewan McGregor kept imitating the noise of his lightsaber during the fights even though George Lucas explained many times that this would be added in by the special effects people later on. Ewan said “I keep getting carried away”.
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