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TIL that Dick Van Dyke is a computer animation enthusiast and even designed 3D-rendered effects used in several of his shows

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OGe0e TIL that saying to treat something with "Kid Gloves" does not refer to children's gloves, but rather to gloves made from the hide of a young goat, known as a Kid
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