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TIL Psycho (1960) set a new level of acceptability for violence, deviant behavior and sexuality in American films, and is widely considered to be the earliest example of the slasher film genre. Hitchock was initially against the music in the shower scene but the composer ignored his direction
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TIL In 16th – 17th century Europe and America, the concept of ‘bundling’ was widely used. This process allowed courting couples to share a bed, fully clothed with a ‘bundling board’ to separate them. This allowed a pair to talk and get to know each other in the safe confines of the girl’s house.
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TIL the character “Daddy” Warbucks, from the comic strip ‘Annie’, was briefly killed off by the writer Gray on the grounds that it was widely thought that capitalists were obsolete. Warbucks was resurrected, however, after FDR’s death. Warbucks represented cartoonist Harold Gray’s free-market views.
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TIL that placebos have been found to be an effective treatment for pain perception. A placebo treatment given to people who chronically suffer from migraine headaches was found to be just as effective as a widely used migraine drug, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine.
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TIL that the term for the spikes on a stegosaurs tail – “Thagomizer” – originated with Gary Larsen and a Far Side cartoon. It is now widely accepted in the science community and is used as anatomical terminology by The Smithsonian, the Dinosaur National Monument, and the BBC in documentaries.
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