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TIL Feeling that "Star Trek: Nemesis" would finally be his big break, Tom Hardy took his role very seriously. When it failed commercially and with fans, he spent the next several years battling alcohol and suicidal thoughts.

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BrKpW TIL the short-lived Dana Carvey Show had different sponsors each episode. As the ratings tanked, sponsors pulled out. The 1st episode was Taco Bell, the 4th was Diet Mug Root Beer, & the 6th was Szechuan Dynasty, a nearby Chinese restaurant. It was canceled after #7 (no sponsor)
P1JkG TIL that a $100K Peter Thiel Fellowship recipient led to the creation of Ethereum, which has a market cap north of $250B in 2024
XA6k TIL that Japan has a lot of Doritos flavors that you can’t get in America, including coconut curry, cheese and almond, yuzu, and butter and soy sauce.
4k60N TIL two different comic strips named “Dennis the Menace” both debuted on the same day: March 12, 1951. They were created completely independently of each other, and neither creator knew of the other’s existence
M7kxm TIL about the Dionne Quintuplets. The first set of quintuplets to survive past infancy who spent their lives on display and exploited because of this.