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TIL That Richard O'Brien, writer and composer and Riff Raff actor of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, voices Ferb's dad on the cartoon Phineas and Ferb.

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DmoP TIL that in order to prevent the Germans from taking control of Iceland during WWII, the British invaded Iceland and occupied it (with American assistance) for the duration of the war.
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pmN8 TIL Michael Caine once said about his role in Jaws: The Revenge “I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.”
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