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TIL Bill Burr repeatedly mocked the Star Wars franchise and its fans before accepting the role of Mayfeld in The Mandalorian - he was cast because it was believed his past criticism of the franchise would make his casting more amusing.

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awYPM TIL of eccentric English aristocrat Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners [1883-1950]. A talented composer, writer and artist, Lord Berners had a clavichord in his Rolls-Royce, paper flowers in his garden, had tea with a horse and would drive around his estate in a pig mask to scare the locals.
Z8A1G TIL that red grapefruits were created by growing grapefruit trees next to radioactive material, mutating their DNA to make them more desirable
P1QBJ TIL that "The Last Broadcast" a found footage horror movie predating the "Blair Witch Project" was estimated to be made for $1,000 or less and made $4 million at the box office.
0dNJR TIL King Tammany Day was once a hugely popular holiday in America, even celebrated by George Washington and the Continental Army at Valley Forge
j6PEj TIL that a Kentucky man won $450,000 in a lawsuit against his former employers who allegedly fired him for having a panic attack and leaving his own surprise birthday party.