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TIL Chevy Chase is one of the most hated people in Hollywood. He once accused Terry Sweeny of having AIDS because he was gay, openly mocked Robert Downey Jr's father, told Kevin Smith that he invented everything funny and told a female SNL writer to give him a handjob during a meeting

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rN1GM TIL the role of Tonto on the pioneering televised "The Lone Ranger" series was played by true born First Nations American actor.
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yXWe TIL that Stephen Hawking’s second wife, who was also his nurse, was rumored to have physically and mentally abused him, including refusing him access to a urine bottle so he would be forced to wet himself.
W7jXY TIL that up until March 31st 1980 there were anti usury laws capping how high interest rates can go
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