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TIL the Garfield plush dolls with suction cup feet were so popular in the 1980's that Jim Davis, creator of Garfield, became worried about overexposure. He paused the sell of them for 5 years.

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BrkgW TIL that in 1984, J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Hobbit" was adapted as a TV movie in the Soviet Union. It was titled "The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit, Across the Wild Land, Through the Dark Forest, Beyond the Misty Mountains. There and Back Again"
8aa74 TIL that octopi have chemoreceptors in their suction cups, which prevents octopus arms from getting tangled together, as sensors recognize octopus skin + prevent self-attachment
Lkvjm TIL that Cillian Murphy was vegetarian for about 15 years prior to working on Peaky Blinders. Saying it was never a moral decision. It was more that he was worried about getting mad cow disease.
PYbyV TIL In traditional societies that have no access to processed sugars and white flour, many indigenous people have no cavities, and flash smiles with perfect pearly white teeth, even though tooth brushing is rare. The next generation of natives who eat processed food began to develop crooked teeth
aXMb TIL that while the U.S. was researching nuclear devices, there was a certain sphere of plutonium dubbed the “Demon Core,” as it went supercritical and killed two scientists on two different occasions as they were studying it.