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TIL ‘No Animals Were Harmed’ only applies while film is actually recording

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yevV TIL alcohol is the fastest and most effective antidote if a person has consumed ethylene glycol(main ingredient in anti-freeze)
dD4PZ TIL that "The Exorcist" director William Friedkin inserted subliminal images of a white-faced demon into his film, which were difficult to notice before the movie was released on home video. The face, onscreen for 1/8 of second in each appearance, represented a demon possessing the young girl.
VBL9Z TIL The United States once had "Dynamite Guns" guarding San Francisco. Giant compressed air guns fired hundreds of pounds of Dynamite at enemy ships. They were retired once more stable explosive charges were invented.
rBLd TIL that Venezuelan serial killer and cannibal Dorangel Vargas - who confessed to killing and eating at least ten individuals - didn’t consume fat people because he thought they had too much cholesterol.
W7jjL TIL that Leonard Nimoy based the “Vulcan salute” on a traditional priestly blessing he saw as a kid, when his grandfather would take him to an Orthodox synagogue.