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X0oZD TIL David Spade had over thirty private voicemails of Chris Farley and Norm MacDonald doing bits and leaving messages but they were accidentally deleted forever when his voicemail machine was unplugged
X0ZyP TIL that after Salvador Dali expressed support for Spanish dictator Franco's regime, Pablo Picasso refused to mention Dali's name or acknowledge his existence for the rest of his life
VMGEB TIL before working on the Donald Duck comics and creating Scrooge McDuck. Carl Barks began his career at a racy man's magazine "Calagary Eye Opener" in the early 1920s. After retiring, he made tons of erotic artwork showing people with duck bills he jokingly referred to as the "Duck Syndrome".
6L7w TIL that John Pike (aka the UC Davis “pepper spray cop”) won a $38,000 workman’s comp settlement for “depression and anxiety” stemming from the aftermath of the incident. $30,000 was awarded on average to each of the students that were sprayed
w7kM TIL The Hammer of Thor is one of the official religious emblems available for headstones in U.S. military cemeteries.