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TIL of Pre-Code Hollywood, a period that produced controversial movies between the invention of sound in films and enforcement of the MPA

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AD8Vg TIL The Animals' cover of "The House of the Rising Sun," was recorded in just one take on May 18, 1964. Producer Mickie Most later stated, "everything was in the right place ... It only took 15 minutes to make so I can't take much credit for the production."
V8Kk TIL that unfrosted Pop-tarts have more calories than frosted Pop-tarts
rNE7w TIL about the kidnapping of Katie Beers, who was 9 when she was kidnapped by family friend John Esposito and kept prisoner in a bunker underneath his garden from 1992-93. He abused her and planned to keep her there for the rest of her life, but finally confessed after 17 days and she was rescued.
J88 TIL NFL player LaVar Arrington was named after Star Trek and Reading Rainbow actor, Levar Burton.
nWeZo TIL that Guitarist for Parliament and Funkadelic wore diapers on stage while performing and when asked why he does this he replied ''God loves babies and fools. I'm both.”