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TIL that Blossom Rock (Grandmama on TV's "The Addams Family") was a sister of Jeanette MacDonald (screen actress and singer)

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VMaO8 TIL The CIA used music as part of its interrogation program. Music would be played in a loop for hours on end to wear prisoners down, or to induce sleep deprivation. The one song that was near the very top of the torture list was the Meow Mix jingle.
Zp8ZB TIL 3% of the general population has antisocial personality disorder: a mental health disorder characterized by disregard for other people.
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ADOQo TIL that the Wayne's World famous 'NO Stairway to Heaven' scene came to be because Led Zeppelin denied the rights to the song, so Myers just said to the camera 'No Stairway, Denied!' after just a couple of notes.
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