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TIL Jeff Bridges was four months old in his first film appearance

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MemB8 TIL Domino's pizza had offered a guaranteed 30 minute delivery time, or the pizza was free. This is how the pizza chain grew quickly. After many years, the drivers were sued for accidents. and the company ended that deal. I had heard that a driver hit a kid... but I guess that isn't true.
7800O TIL the word "bundt" is trademarked (oddly, for the pan, but not the cake itself)
m11dM TIL that despite many people saying they have watched dozens or even hundreds of episodes of Mr. Bean over the last 30 years, only 15 episodes aired from 1992 to 1995.
KaMG TIL on April 5, 1943 the Destroyer USS O'Bannon encountered a Japanese submarine. Too close to fire their guns, the crew threw potatoes at the Japanses sailors, who thought they were grenades, distracting them long enough to get distance from the sub, fire their guns, and eventually sink it.
XElAE TIL Gloria Ramirez died of cancer in the ER. Then 23 of the 37 staff became mysteriously ill which the hospital attributed to mass hysteria. An investigation concluded that Gloria's blood drawn and cooled in the ER broke down to dimethyl sulfate and vaporized, causing their illnesses.