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TIL Actor David Arquette was briefly made the world heavyweight champion of World Championship Wrestling to promote the movie Ready to Rumble; both the movie and the wrestling run were financial failures

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nD1W TIL that when Robin Thicke was 11, Wayne Gretzky was his babysitter and left Thicke alone at the house when he found out he was traded to the L.A. Kings.
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