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TIL that Wes Craven - director of the original Nightmare on Elm Street, Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes and Scream - had never seen a movie until college because of his strict Baptist upbringing.

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loPEa TIL of "Shifting Baseline Syndrome." This is when significant systemic changes occur over time in a way that makes them extremely difficult for humans to perceive. 'New normals' are established which are experienced as though little to no change has taken place.
e4On TIL that Billy Joel stopped a song mid-performance at the Grammys to protest Frank Sinatra’s acceptance speech being cut short to appease advertisers. (moment at three minute mark)
mxr9v TIL who Jody is in military cadence calls. Jody, is the imaginary character blamed for all the things that might go wrong back home while a soldier is deployed, such as losing one’s girlfriend or car.
1Ar4 TIL Peacock feathers are actually brown, but have microscopic structures that interfere with light that make the bright iridescence.
m1XXv TIL James Cameron was in talks to direct a Spider-Man movie in the mid-nineties. Leonardo DiCaprio would star in a "gritty" take on the story, but subsequent lawsuits--and Marvel declaring bankruptcy in 1996--canned the project.