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Short answer: Yes, in subtle ways

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R5jm4 TIL Joe 'Hill' (Stephen King's son) a Whovian, once sent the BBC, three of his pitches for Doctor Who, edited with Neil Gaiman, "We've never let an American write for this show and if we were, we wouldn't start with you."
WkbvA TIL that Sean Connery wore a toupee in every single James Bond movie because he began balding at age 21!
nWkZr TIL that the director of Rebel Without A Cause started 'sleeping with' a 15 year old after catching his 2nd wife in bed with his 13 year old son
0d1gL TIL unlike other ex-British parliaments, the ruling party of Newfoundland's MPs sit to the left of the Speaker rather than the right - a tradition dating to the 1850s when the heaters were located on that side
Opb7 TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson often peed in public, even during his presidency. One time, a gust of wind blew his urine onto the leg of one of his Secret Service agents. When the agent informed him he was being peed on, President Johnson replied, “I know. That’s my prerogative.”