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TIL while shooting “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,” Eli Wallach mistakenly drank acid left next to his drink, was accidentally hanged by a faulty stunt rope, nearly decapitated by a train passing overhead, and left on a horse with his hands tied behind his back when it panicked and ran away.

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lEyA TIL in 1860′s San Francisco, two stray dogs who were best friends became local celebrities. Their exploits were celebrated in local papers and they were granted immunity from the city’s dog catchers.
awApb TIL European PYREX is more resistant to breakage due to temperature change than USA PYREX because it is still made with the original borosilicate glass instead of soda glass (which can shatter in hot shards with sudden temp changes)
e6jL TIL that in Holland,the government introduced a video, which was compulsory viewing for all would be immigrants, showing gay men kissing and topless bathers, with the specific aim of testing muslim attitudes.
R7Ok4 TIL that when Kanye was 20, at his first ever record meeting with Columbia records and producer Michael Mauldin, he told the execs that he’d be bigger than Michael Jackson and Jermaine Dupri, not knowing Mauldin was Dupri’s father. Kanye’s offer was nullified and he was asked to leave the offices.
5VOLP TIL that when Peyton Manning was 5, his mother took him to a Saints game, as his father Archie was the quarterback. Due to Archie's poor performance, the crowd started booing him. Peyton's mother was worried that seeing his father booed would upset Peyton, only to see that he was also booing Archie.