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TIL Bill Murray once gave director Wes Anderson $25000 for a helicopter rental for the film Rushmore As disney would not pay due to cost cuts

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PokE TIL Rick James’ autopsy found alprazolam, diazepam, bupropion, citalopram, hydrocodone, digoxin, chlorpheniramine, methamphetamine, and cocaine in his blood.
YJ7 TIL the CIA had a plan to drop gigantic condoms labeled “Medium” into the USSR to convince Russian women that Americans were more virile
KYX1E TIL in 1927, 15-year-old tennis player Sidney Wood became the youngest man ever to play Wimbledon. In 1931, aged 19, he became the only person to win Wimbledon by default when his final opponent Frank Shields (Brooke's grandfather) withdrew with an injury. Sidney Wood died in 2009 at the age of 97.
DQwdp TIL that Ford filed a patent over technology that could remotely disable a car radio or air conditioner, lock someone out of a vehicle, or cause a car to constantly beep, if a car payment is missed.
xMpk TIL a group of Scientists have discovered that cheese contains a protein that the human body recognizes in a fashion similar to addictive drugs, called “casomorphins,” or “casein-derived morphine-like compounds,” prompting one researcher to refer to cheese as “dairy crack.”