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TIL Robin Williams improvised so much during the recording of Aladdin that the Disney team had over 16 hours of material, and his performance was deemed ineligible for a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

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l7lr5 TIL about "Zhang the Madman." A.k.a Zhang Xu, he was a celebrated Chinese calligraphist who lived in the 700s AD. According to legend, he developed his unique style by getting violently drunk and using his hair as as an ink brush. However when he sobered up, he was unable to replicate his skill.
9w6JD TIL: The concept of "Net Carbs,"was created by Atkins Nutritionals Inc. It is not based on any scientific studies and the term was dropped from their program by Atkins in 2004 for being "too vague." Neither the FDA nor the American Diabetes Association recognizes the term or the concept as valid.
vgPx TIL in 1871 William Frisbie of Bridgeport, Connecticut began the Frisbie Pie Company. Local schoolchildren made a game of tossing his empty pie plates which soon became popular with local college students. The name Frisbie was picked up by Wham-O toy company who changed it to Frisbee.
Rv8a TIL that Johnny Depp hates watching himself in movies, and needs a “few bottles of wine” before he can stomach it.
nW8mo TIL that Ross Bagdasarian Jr., son of Alvin and the Chipmunks creator Ross Sr., revived the group after an LA DJ played a sped-up version of "Call Me" by Blondie, claiming it was a new Chipmunks single as a joke, leading to high demand for the fake single