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TIL the boy whose exorcism inspired "The Exorcist" later became a NASA engineer, where his contributions significantly supported the Apollo missions during the 1960s.

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6EDEw TIL that The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, the 1980 movie about the Sex Pistols, has a club scene with a disco mash-up of their songs
rR69M TIL about mental health: after 83,000 brain scans, Dr. Daniel Amen says the most important lesson learned is that many people have problems with their brain, but a lot of them can be easily fixed if scanned and treated, rather than blindly prescribing intense medication
VBngZ TIL that the first recorded vending machine was invented by Hero of Alexandria, an ancient Greek engineer, in the first century AD. It dispensed holy water in exchange for a coin.
VBnZp TIL the term "teamster", which is used today to describe truck drivers, was originally used described a person who drove team of oxen or horses, which were the trucks of their day.
QvDa TIL Christopher Tolkien, son of Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, has said of the films, “They eviscerated the book by making it an action movie for young people aged 15 to 25”..[..]..“The commercialization has reduced the aesthetic and philosophical impact of the creation to nothing.”