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TIL that NBA player Bill Walton was an uncredited background extra in the 1984 film Ghostbusters

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5YGx8 TIL The US army maintains a public list of deserters
1Xdd TIL Seattle has a lower rate of child Polio vaccination than Rwanda.
XE9pj TIL Johann Trollmann who was a gypsy boxing champion put in a labour camp in Nazi Germany, was forced to fight against a feared ex-criminal and prison guard and won despite being malnourished and exhausted. The still bitter prison guard sought revenge by murdering Johann with a shovel later.
6EQ8Y TIL of Nazi official Herbert Backe, who masterminded the WWII program to starve Eastern Europe. After the Allied victory he flew to Eisenhower's headquarters, perceiving himself as a leading expert on solving hunger problems and expecting a discussion with the general. He was imprisoned.
GY7aN TIL James Earl Jones spent only 2.5 hours recording all of Darth Vadar's lines for Star Wars and was paid $7,500