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TIL that John Rhys-Davies (also Gimli in Lord of the Rings) is the original voice actor for Man Ray in early seasons of Spongebob Squarepants

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e09KD TIL that Arthur C. Clarke (served RAF there), Simon Pegg (studied there), Gordon Ramsay (moved there at age 9), and of course William Shakespeare (lived there) all were connected with the small locus of Stradford-Upon-Avon in England.
b9Bxa TIL Nazi spies tried infiltrating Russia in WW2 using fake passports; the passports were recognized as fraud because Russian passports use iron staples that stain the pages with rust, while Nazis used steel. During the Cold War, American spies made the same mistake
Zxxp TIL in 1977 five TV stations in the UK had their audio simultaneously hijacked for over 6 minutes by someone claiming to be an Alien and warning Earth.
nW6RB TIL that Lionsgate wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to play Patrick Bateman in American Psycho
J1YG4 TIL actor Peter Sellers accidentally saw The Producers. He then demanded it get a wide release and took out full-page ads telling everybody to see it.