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TIL when flies land on your food, they basically spit on it — because they have to release digestive juices to liquefy it into a predigested, slurpable soup they can swallow.

by whatilearned June 1, 2023, 6:16 pm

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TIL that the song “Down Under” had a major lawsuit 3 decades after its release. Greg Ham, who played the flute riff, was accused of stealing the part from a 1935 children’s rhyme song. The band lost the case, and Ham was so devastated that his drug addiction worsened, and he eventually passed away.

by whatilearned May 30, 2023, 4:22 pm

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What’s the best movie with a lead actor who died right before or after the movie’s release?

by QuestionGuy May 27, 2023, 11:30 pm

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TIL “First Man” screenwriter Josh Singer interviewed Neil Armstrong’s wife Janet, who died two months before the release of the 2018 movie. Janet’s anger during Neil’s mission was real, as seen in her outburst to NASA men, “You’re just a bunch of boys making models out of balsa wood!”

by whatilearned May 25, 2023, 4:32 am

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TIL that Kurt Cobain didn’t want to release “Come As You Are” as a single due to its similarity to “Eighties” by Killing Joke, but the record company insisted. However, Killing Joke abandoned legal action after Cobain’s death and Dave Grohl later contributed to one of their albums.

by whatilearned May 24, 2023, 5:43 pm

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TIL that there is a rare parasitic disease called Guinea Worm Disease that causes blisters so painful that people seek cool water to alleviate the pain, also allowing the worm to release larvae. The painful blisters led to this worm’s nickname of “fiery serpent.”

by whatilearned May 24, 2023, 3:09 pm

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TIL of Lafayette, “The Hero of Two Worlds”, at 18 as a French Marquis he defied the King and sailed to America to fight in the Revolutionary War, he then left and served in the French Revolution. Once, when captured, Napoleon himself secured his release. He is buried under soil from Bunker Hill.

by whatilearned May 12, 2023, 10:27 pm

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TIL one bad apple in a bunch will release ethylene, ruining all the other apples

by whatilearned May 11, 2023, 3:36 pm

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TIL In 1987, Prince planned to release an album under the name Camille using his extensive androgynous range without any acknowledgement of his identity.

by whatilearned May 9, 2023, 3:07 pm

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TIL the 1983 film “Scarface” was originally given an X rating three times in a row by the MPAA. On the fourth appeal, the film was finally given an R rating, but director Brian De Palma released the original version anyway, only admitting to it months after the film’s release.

by whatilearned May 5, 2023, 8:33 pm

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TIL: Ant corpses release a chemical when they die, and other ants will dispose of the corpse. A scientist once recreated this chemical and put it on a live ant. Its ant friends kept bringing it to the graveyard no matter how much it struggled, cleaned itself, or tried to go back to work.

by whatilearned April 23, 2023, 3:53 pm

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TIL that the UK version of the movie “Every Day” is cut by 4s to remove a scene (cut marks shown on a girl’s arm) to secure a 12A certificate instead of a 18. Surprisingly, the Irish release is uncut at the same rating, despite the fact that Britain and Ireland form the same distribution region.

by whatilearned April 19, 2023, 7:56 pm

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