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TIL that the "red lips" film poster for The Rocky Horror Picture Show was a spoof of the Jaws movie poster, which had been released that same year

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7mQx TIL that there is a concept for a roller coaster called the Euthanasia Coaster, which is designed to kill its passengers.
KYEAw TIL that Richard Nixon’s daughter married Dwight D. Eisenhower’s grandson.
4XyOg TIL that the countries of Liechtenstein and Haiti used the same flag for nearly century, a fact that was only discovered when the two nations met during the 1937 Summer Olympics.
JYXLQ TIL that fingernails on males grow quicker than on females. And that their growth rate is based on finger length.
BDZr TIL Ulysses S. Grant was also planned to be assassinated along with Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, but did not attend the play at Ford Theater because their wives were not on good terms.