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TIL that Count Dracula was originally supposed to be named Count Wampyr

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wl6J TIL Matt Damon and Ben Affleck inserted an oral sex scene between the two professors in Good Will Hunting to see which studio executives actually read the script. Harvey Weinstein liked the script, but hated that scene which showed Damon & Affleck he had actually read it so they gave him the rights.
7rMOx TIL that Volvo gave away the 1962 patent for their revolutionary three-point seat belt for free, in order to save lives.
vrYK TIL Weird Al Yankovic turned down a $5 million beer endorsement because he said “ a lot of my fans are young and impressionable”.
4XRrw TIL Sour Patch Kids were originally called Mars Men, but the name changed in 1985 to capitalize on the popularity of Cabbage Patch Kids.
9wpxB TIL: Players on losing teams in the Japanese National High School Baseball Championship take home a pouch dirt from the field, as a memento of their fleeting time on the hallowed grounds of Kōshien, the field the tournament has been played on since 1924.