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TIL That ‘Paranormal Activity’ only cost $15000 to produce and made $193.4 million at the box office

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6RLX TIL that Laika, the first dog in space, did not die peacefully of poison after six days as initially reported, but rather within seven hours of launch, likely due to overheating caused by a faulty temperature control system.
RyK7 TIL that to make the Snickers Brady Bunch commercial, the stand-in actors had to have the exact same chin, mouth, and lip proportions as the original Bradys, and had to keep their heads as still as possible to make tracking the faces easier.
gMAx9 TIL that the final words of President Antonio José de Sucre were: “F*ck, a bullet wound!” He’d been shot while riding in a jungle in Colombia. He was said to have been an educated gentleman who had never cursed until that day.
QGG6 TIL Andy Warhol, mentor and manager of The Velvet Underground, wanted their debut album to have a built-in crack, so that the line “I’ll be your mirror”, from the song of the same name, would repeat infinitely on a record player until the listeners moved the needle themselves
b6Oap TIL it is dangerous to blow air into a pregnant women's vagina. The increased air pressure can pass beneath the fetal membranes and into the circulation causing a venous air embolism that can kill within minutes.