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TIL James Gandolfini bought 450 watches — 40 of which made of gold — for the cast and crew of The Sopranos at the end of the serie. Total retail value: 2 million USD.

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LnGQ TIL that one of the founders and lead guitarist of Blind Melon is now an employment lawyer in Philadelphia.
D1R7V TIL the Standard Poodle was first bred for finding game in cold rivers and swamps with the puffs of hair to keep vital organs warm without weighing them down while wet.
oRNrW TIL that in World War II, shortly after Pearl Harbor, Japan actually captured and held a couple of the westernmost Aleutian Islands in Alaska for about a year. Retaking them was a battle with more than 1000 casualties on either side.
GAK9j TIL the dog from The Thing (1982) also played the wolf in Journey of Natty Gann (1985) and White Fang (1991).