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TIL Ralphie from A Christmas Story was an executive producer for Iron Man

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EG7x TIL when a man came to a clinic with a chronic infection in his left ear, doctors tried everything to help him from antibiotics to ear drops, but nothing worked. Out of desperation, he decided to take earwax from his good ear and place it in his bad one. After two days his infection was cured.
jNPoM TIL that the famous cover photo of The Beatles' album "HELP!", in which the four of them pose in flag semaphore to each make a letter, actually has them spelling "NUJV". The photographer said he thought it looked better.
nW8rY TIL Metallica released a video in 2012 appealing for help to solve the 2009 murder of a 20yo fan, Morgan Harrington, who disappeared after their show. They offered $50K on top of the $100K by police.
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