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My wife demanded I had something that went 0-200 in less than 6 seconds in the driveway for here birthday.

by cringeyjokesman July 1, 2022, 12:03 am

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TIL Salvador Dali designed 500 ashtrays for Air India incorporating elements of a shell, snake, elephant and a swan in its design. In return, Dali demanded a Baby Elephant as a payment.

by whatilearned June 25, 2022, 1:04 am

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TIL Robin Williams was offered, and accepted the role of The Joker in the 1989 film, “Batman.” Warner Brothers had only made the offer to bait their first choice, Jack Nicholson, into signing on, which he eventually did. Williams was furious, and demanded an apology from the film studio

by whatilearned June 21, 2022, 11:12 pm

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TIL that France demanded billions in reparations from the Haitians for their freedom

by whatilearned June 3, 2022, 12:51 pm

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TIL that in 1985, First Lady Elena Ceaușescu demanded the Piața Romană metro station be removed because she thought “the workers and students were getting fat and needed more exercise”. However, the engineers realized the station would be necessary so they built it in secret anyway.

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 8:00 pm

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TIL Benedict Cumberbatch experienced a carjacking while in South Africa for filming. He was demanded drugs and money, tied with shoelaces, forced on his knees to be executed but in the end the kidnappers fled.

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 5:01 am

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TIL actor Peter Sellers accidentally saw The Producers. He then demanded it get a wide release and took out full-page ads telling everybody to see it.

by whatilearned May 17, 2022, 12:07 pm

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TIL Ford’s marketing team wanted to name the Fiesta “Bravo”, but Henry Ford II vetoed that decision and demanded that the car be named Fiesta.

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 12:44 pm

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TIL that after Bon Jovi featured one in “Living On A Prayer,” Alice In Chains producer Dave Jerden demanded Jerry Cantrell use a Voice Box for “Man In The Box” which would go on to be the band’s first hit single.

by whatilearned April 17, 2022, 5:05 am

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TIL that sportscaster Jack Whitaker was banned from The Masters for six years after referring to fans as a “mob”. Spectators at The Masters are referred to as “patrons”. Augusta president Clifford Roberts said “We don’t have mobs at Augusta” and demanded that CBS remove Whitaker from the broadcast.

by whatilearned April 5, 2022, 4:25 pm

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TIL one person started an entire war just by lying. To generate publicity for his newspaper, William Randolph Hearst falsely claimed Spain hit an American sub with a torpedo, then demanded the president take action, starting the Spanish-American war

by whatilearned April 3, 2022, 1:47 pm

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TIL that Mariah Carey demanded a $50 million inconvenience fee from ex-fiancee James Packer after they broke up. She received a multimillion dollar settlement and kept her $10 million engagement ring.

by whatilearned March 31, 2022, 6:02 pm

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