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TIL Elon Musk was an executive producer for Thank You for Smoking

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K7D9 TIL a VR experiment showed people given the power of superhero flight and told to perform search and rescue were more willing to aid others afterwards than those who were given a helicopter and told to do the same thing.
lNGN TIL that a pizza with bacon and egg on it is a common offering at Australian pizza places.
W7xWY TIL Roughly 95% of Scottish single malt whisky is made in former bourbon barrels. American laws require bourbon barrels only be used once so they are cheap and plentiful for reuse elsewhere. The barrels often add vanilla, caramel, or nutty aromas.
ANdQ4 TIL that Steven Spielberg spent his own personal time and money refilming the Ben Gardner jumpscare in JAWS in the pool of Editor Verna Fields. This was after production had already wrapped.
XEV1j TIL that the famous World Heritage site of Babylon’s most recent addition of destruction was by Saddam Hussein who built a fake Babylon honoring himself on top of the ruins. It was further destroyed by US and Polish troops whose base was built on the ruins and ran over artifacts with tanks.