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TIL Getting bit by a Brazilian Wandering Spider can cause “a long, painful erection to human males” due to the venom increasing nitric oxide, a chemical that increases blood flow

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44N5 TIL in America, fake wrestling is called “pro wrestling” and real wrestling is called “amateur wrestling”
n8Ab TIL Tom Hanks intentionally gained 50 pounds to film the first half of Cast Away. He then took a year off to lose the weight and grow out his hair prior to filming the second half. During the break, the director and most of the crew went off to film What Lies Beneath.
PY1oZ TIL until 2008, Walmart Mexico was paying its employees with gift cards only redeemable at Walmart.
0wRVp TIL Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, wrote lyrics to the Star Trek theme song so he could be registered as the theme’s lyricist and claim 50% of performance royalties. When asked, Gene said, “Hey, I have to get some money somewhere. I’m sure not gonna get it out of the profits of Star Trek.”
gJAb TIL that China has a limit of 34 Hollywood movies imported per year. This is why movie directors try to protagonise China in their movies to try and get their movie into one of the 34 (eg The Martian where China helps NASA).