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TIL that Ben Affleck's first directorial effort was a 1993 short film titled "I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney"

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OGnY TIL that in the 1960s Goodyear Tire manufactured illuminated tires in different colors.
bydp TIL that rice alone provides more than 1/5 of all the calories consumed by humans.
KYQ9G TIL about Bart the Bear. He was a trained grizzly bear who starred in numerous movies and served as the Ambassador of Vital Ground, an organization dedicated to preserving threatened wildlife habitats.
Oo0oa TIL of 14 year old George Stinney, one of the youngest ever executed via electric chair, in 1944. Wrongfully convicted of murdering two white girls (aged 7 & 11), his frame was so small his face mask slipped off after the initial electric shock . His conviction was vacated in 2014.
yVGYw TIL Toni Basil, singer of 80's one-hit-wonder "Mickey," was also an actress who'd appeared in 1969's Easy Rider