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TIL that while filming The Wizard of Oz, the actor playing the Wizard noticed the label “L Frank Baum” in a ragged coat that had been purchased at a thrift shop for his role. The coat had been sewn for the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and was presented to his widow upon the films completion.

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