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TIL when the Seinfeld finale originally aired on NBC, TV Land paid tribute by not programming any shows opposite it, instead showing an image of a closed office door with hand written notes that said, "We're TV Fans so... we're watching the last episode of Seinfeld. Will return at 10pm et, 7pm pt".

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8a9Pb TIL because both Schwarzenegger and DeVito agreed with the studio to take 20% of the film's box office returns ($216 million), so it made Twins (1988) became the biggest paychecks of their whole acting career
ANmYl TIL from 1844 to 1846, The Count of Monte Cristo was first published as a serial. Alexander Dumas dribbled out revenge plots, identity reveals, crazy twists and long-lost connections over dozens of chapters—each ending in a cliffhanger that kept 19th-century readers on edge week after week.
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