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TIL Paul Newman started his own salad dressing back in 1982. He would then go on to donate 100% of the company’s profits to multiple charities.

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W9VX TIL In the Bible, Nimrod was a mighty hunter. But Bugs Bunny used it to refer to Elmer Fudd sarcastically, and generations of kids thought it was a synonym for idiot or moron.
N7eMb TIL Peter Cushing, who played Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars, found his costume boots so uncomfortable that he wore slippers during many of his scenes, leading many scenes being filmed shin up or higher.
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