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TIL The Temple of Doom led to the creation of the PG-13 rating; Spielberg wrote to the MPAA asking for a rating between PG and R

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D1Jjr TIL that Pat McCormick, head writer for The Tonight Show, streaked across the stage during Johnny Carson's monologue in 1974. (For Golden Girls fans, McCormick was also the drugstore clerk who asked for a price check on condoms. https://youtu.be/BpNS8jYniLY)
bjv0 TIL when three people tried to sell Coca Cola secrets (including a sample new product) to Pepsi in 2006, Pepsi informed Coke and the FBI. Later arrests were made in a sting operation.
e0DJg TIL the first "Prime Day" back in 2015 was called a “digital garage sale” and "Internet’s Worst Clearance Rack." One of the best deals featured was a $1K, 55-gallon bottle of lube.
9w4mG TIL that a lottery scratch game called Cool Cash was pulled from the market after player complaints. The scratch card made ti that you get money if you got lower then the target temperature and people were saying they didn't get any money even though they got -6 or -7 and the temperature was -8.
9YQGr TIL: Playing cards featuring summaries of cold cases and victims' photos have been made available to prison inmates in several U.S. states. So far, approximately 40 cases have been solved as a direct result of being featured on the cards.