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TIL Lush owns the patent for bubble bars. [15:55]

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N7Km1 TIL Clint Eastwood's agent told him not to appear in, "Fistful of Dollars", calling it a 'bad step' for his career. The film launched Eastwood's path to stardom, and he later named his production company, 'Malpaso', spanish for 'bad step.'
LNnP TIL that what I have always known as “the wave” (as in a crowd) is called a “Mexican Wave” just about everywhere outside of America.
wLbYE TIL that George Steinbrenner, the former owner of the New York Yankees who was famously impersonated by Larry David on Seinfeld, actually made an appearance in a deleted scene of the show. He asked Elaine to go to with him to George and Susan's wedding.
kJw9B TIL the midnight dust from Are You Afraid of the Dark? was played by Coffee Mate powdered coffee creamer
gr9y4 TIL about George de Hebesy who dissolved the gold Nobel Prizes of German physicists in aqua regia to prevent the Nazis from taking them. After the war, he found the solution undisturbed and reconstituted the gold. The Nobel Foundation then recast the medals and presented them back to the winners.