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TIL Game of Thrones has a profound effect on porn consumption. During the lead-up and immediately following the Season 6 premiere, searches on Pornhub involving Game Of Thrones shot up 370%, while traffic dropped considerably when the premiere aired.

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6E9Bw TIL Disney instructed the game developers for the 1994 Lion King on Sega Genesis to create a puzzle level so hard that the game cannot be beaten within a period of time to extend and meet Blockbuster rental program rules and the rental market.(starts at 18:30)
v15Z8 TIL of Godiva, who wanted lower taxes. To convince her husband the Earl, she rode her horse naked through the streets. The public was ordered to close their shutters. Tom decided to look and was struck blind. This produced the term "Peeping Tom" as well as the name of the chocolate company Godiva.
J78Q TIL: Until recently rabies had a 100% kill rate making it one of the deadliest viruses.
pPPO TIL: Doug Welles survived being beaten with a club, stabbed, and shot to ultimately save his wife from a serial killer wanting to make her his next victim.
bdJZ TIL: Homeopathy ‘treatments’ must be labelled to say they do not work in the U.S.