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TIL executives of Dirty Dancing were convinced the movie would flop. They planned to have the film in theaters for one weekend and then to home video. The film went on to become the first movie to sell 1 million home videos.

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VMNW8 TIL that Peter Gabriel intended for the 1986 song "In Your Eyes" to be the last track on his album "So", but due to the prominent bass line and the limitations of vinyl records, it had to be placed earlier on the record. This was rectified on the CD release of the album.
R5rlw TIL about Molly Bears - One woman’s mission to help grieving mothers after miscarriages one bear at a time.
yk4l TIL there are a series of tiny “fairy doors” built into dozens of buildings in Ann Arbor, MI, and now have a cult following in the area
4XpAX TIL dogs and cats can literally tear out their own intestines if you don't leave that cone on after they're spayed.
xRYb TIL that a man by the name of Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only person alive to be officially credited for surviving both nuclear bomb blasts. He was in Hiroshima on business for an employer when the bomb dropped, survived, and then went to work in Nagasaki three days later when the second detonated.