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TIL that after several years of struggling to get into the music industry, British singer Arnold Dorsey decided to adopt a more "arresting" stage name. His choice? Engelbert Humperdinck.

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Yp5G7 TIL crowd effects for the gaming arena scene in Tron: Legacy were recorded at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. During a Tron: Legacy panel, the crowd was given instructions to chant and stomp while techs from Skywalker Sound recorded the performance.
8egNV TIL: Surgeons in ancient India, around 600 BCE, performed cataract surgeries using a curved needle to remove the cloudy lens. The procedure was described by the physician Sushruta in his medical texts, making it one of the earliest known surgical practices in human history.
pYBPp TIL Humans are hardwired to lean to the right while kissing
Z1LD TIL the author of Elizabeth Taylor’s obituary in the New York Times died six years before Taylor herself passed away.
1654d TIL The scene in Spider-Man (2002) where Peter Parker catches Mary Jane’s tray in the school cafeteria does not have any CGI. The whole thing was actually done by Tobey Maguire himself. It took him 156 takes to get it perfectly.