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Today I learned Mikhail Gorbachev did ads for Pizza Hut

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wLeWW TIL the cult that committed mass suicide in Jonestown began as a rare desegregated Pentecostal-Holiness church in Indianapolis in the 1950s, with lots of progressive programs like free food and legal advice for the poor
wEP8 TIL In 2001 that Wilson, the Volleyball from “Cast Away”, won a BFCA Critic’s Choice Award for Best Inanimate Object.
neNVo TIL in 1972, President Richard Nixon called Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula before the Super Bowl and recommended he run a certain play. The week prior, he reportedly did the same thing with the Washington Redskins. Both teams ran the plays he suggested; both plays failed. Both teams lost.
e0Jwn TIL John Leguizamo has legitimate beef with Stevan Seagal, after Seagal slammed his elbow into his neck on the set of a movie
xV6vo TIL hair salons in the UK have started to include a "quiet chair" for people who don't want to engage in small talk while getting their hair cut.