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TIL the 1959 film "The Tingler" was about a parasite that causes tingling sensations in victims. The films producers rigged surplus WWII aircraft motors to random theater seats, so viewers would "feel the tingler" when it attacked. Some viewers were also paid to pretend to scream and faint

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XEBKE TIL Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy champion who shattered all the records for the game, refused to come out of retirement for the Jeopardy: Greatest Of All Time championship tournament, because he thought he'd lose badly. He ended up crushing, winning in only four rounds out of a possible seven.
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