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TIL That Will Ferrell performed for the sequestered OJ Simpson jury while a part of The Groundlings comedy troupe

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aw4Rb TIL After the Apollo 1 fire, NASA needed to rebuild its devastated Apollo program. They approached cartoonist Charles Schulz, creator of the comic strip Peanuts, for permission to use Snoopy as their mascot for safety. He agreed.
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