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TIL the movie TOP GUN has a PG rating, despite S**t being said over 30 times, a drawn-out sex scene, drinking, smoking, and graphic violence.

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wLwRY TIL that the Cassowary’s reputation for disemboweling or killing a humans is the result of local folklore. There is only one recorded case of a fatal attack from 89 years ago.
5Y11n TIL smelling farts can help fight against Alzheimer's, diabetes and strokes.
kObp5 Today I learned "Bill and Ted" from the "Bill and Ted" movie series are officially not stoners but "they have a nice outlook on life, they like people [and] their friendship"
ZlvB TIL although “Madison” was the second most popular girl’s name in 2001, it was virtually unheard of before the 1984 movie Splash, where a mermaid adopts it as her human name after seeing a street sign for Madison Avenue. To this Tom Hanks’s character initially protests: “But Madison isn’t a name!”
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