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TIL Bill Murray has been in every Wes Anderson film since 1998.

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9wWvM TIL Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and a myriad of other recognizable characters, fell into a coma for two weeks after a car accident. After many unsuccessful attempts at waking him, one doctor finally said, “Bugs, can you hear me?”, to which Mel responded, "Yeah, what's up doc?" in character.
6RxZ TIL that Guinness brewery supported all of it’s employees who chose to fight in WW1. They were paid half of their wages while away, and their jobs were guaranteed upon their return. The brewery also sent them care packages containing chocolate and condensed milk.
kVKE TIL that 5,500 unexploded bombs from WWII are discovered in Germany each year
0bQp TIL that while awaiting sentencing for income tax evasion and obstruction of justice, David Friedland went scuba diving, faked his own death, and fled to the Maldives where he built a chain of scuba diving shops, the success of which helped him get caught.
XEVWE TIL that a gang of mobsters in NYC started a pizzeria called Ray's in the 1960s as a front for their drug dealing. Eventually Ray's pizza became almost as profitable as their drug dealing.