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TIL Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's father descended from Black Loyalists, who escaped to Nova Scotia after the Revolutionary War on the promise of British emancipation.

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64w8 TIL that the director of the movie Cannibal Holocaust was arrested for murder 10 days after the movie premier, as the courts did not understand how an impalement scene was done, and actually believed that an actress was murdered for the scene.
VMPN0 TIL the owner of Walter White's house hates Breaking Bad because fans of the show would throw pizza on his rooftop, the creator Vince Gilligan made a public plea for fans to stop throwing pizzas on the house's roof.
VMljQ TIL in 2007 ‘FOX and Friends’ labelled the late Mr Rogers as an ‘ Evil, Evil man’ for supposedly encouraging generations of children to grow up with a sense of entitlement
rGAx TIL David Letterman’s favorite musical performance on his show was by “The Heavy”. They performed “What makes a good man”. It was so good, Dave asked for an unplanned encore, then joined in during the chorus.
epkKD TIL that a slice of pizza contains a single serving of vegetable.