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TIL the coffee shop manager in the robbery scene at the end of Pulp Fiction is credited as “Coffee Shop” because he is cut off as he speaks: “I am not a hero, I’m just a coffee shop–”

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Bgxgk TIL The bite out of the Apple logo is so you can tell it's an apple instead of a cherry
E1Ex0 TIL about Sholam Weiss, a man who led a scheme that defrauded a life insurance company out of $450 million. For his crimes he was sentenced to 845 years in US federal prison, later reduced to 835 years, and his projected release date is November 23, 2754.
p8YnN TIL Toy Story 2 was nearly deleted after a Pixar employee accidentally ran a command that started removing files
JWQm TIL a live album from the band Dream Theater was released on 9/11/2001, which had the skyline of NYC (with the World Trade Center) in flames on its album art. The album was recalled and re-released a short time later, but the incident remains one of the most bizarre coincidences in music.
EgngW TIL in 1982 the submarine HMS Conqueror stole a passive sonar array being towed behind a Soviet ship, using mechanical pincers mounted on the sub's bow to cut the cable and make it look like it had gotten snagged on terrain. She wasn't detected, despite being just feet away from the ship.