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TIL That a Wurlitzer organ takes up six rooms

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VMn4Q TIL that James Michael Tyler only got the role of Gunther the barista in 'Friends' because he was the only extra who actually knew how to use a cappuccino machine. He would go on to portray the character in 144 of the show's 238 episodes, and he still receives residuals from his work on the show.
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