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TIL Jamie Farr, the actor who played Section-8 hopeful cross-dresser Corporal Klinger in MASH, was costumed using hand-me-downs from the the 20th Century Fox wardrobe department, including garments originally worn by Betty Grable and Ginger Rogers.

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