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TIL Director, Robert Rodriguez was commissioned to video tape his high school’s football games but was promptly fired because he shot them “with a cinematic style, getting shots of parents’ reactions and the ball traveling through the air instead of shooting the whole play.”

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gM6Z9 TIL a New York man sued Miller Brewing Co. for false advertising, claiming that its Fosters commercials convinced him that the beer was Australian. In fact, the beer is actually brewed in Fort Worth, Texas.
nWBdB TIL the Pearl Jam song "Alive" written by Eddie Vedder is loosely based on the fact that he learned the man who he thought was his real father was actually his stepfather and his biological father had already passed away.
6E94X TIL that in the 1800’s doctors used “hydrotherapy” as a way of sedating patients in mental asylums that continued into the 20th century. One method of the treatment was the sprays, the patient stood in a shower stall, sometimes strapped in, while an attendant hoses them down with hot or cold water.
69vNl TIL when deciding what to name the town during a meeting, the residents got so frustrated with everyone saying "why not this" and "why not that," they just named the town, "Whynot," North Carolina, so they could all go home.
Zr5Y TIL that the CALM Act, which forbids TV ads to be louder than programs they accompany, was proposed when a loud commercial interrupted a congresswoman’s dinner. When she complained to her brother-in-law about it, he replied “Well, you’re the congresswoman. Why don’t you do something about it?”