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QN96e TIL that male dolphins are sexually attracted to female humans... this is so disturbing lol
vE7x TIL the world’s shortest horror story is two lines long. “Knock” by Fredric Brown. “The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door.”
EggwP TIL that the character Koba from Planet of the Apes (2010s) is named after Joseph Stalin, who also used "Koba" as his nickname. The name originally comes from a character in a Georgian book called The Patricide, which inspired Stalin.
njwP TIL that the Titanic is the only ocean liner to ever be sunk by an iceberg.
x6ed5 TIL that King Kong vs Godzilla started out as King Kong vs Frankenstein. Written by King Kong’s co-creator and animator Willis O'Brien, the script was stolen, sold without his knowledge and retooled for Godzilla. He considered suing but died due to the stress.