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TIL Jason from the Friday the 13th is unmasked in nearly every film and has had a different looking face each time

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dxP8 TIL that Egyptian Pharaohs were at one time required to masturbate ceremonially into the Nile River.
9wL1m TIL TB used to be associated with vampires. When one member of a family died from the disease, the other infected members would lose their health slowly. People believed this was caused by the original person with TB draining the life from the other family members
b9jNE TIL there is a traditional Sardinian cheese banned in the EU that is filled with live maggots and secretes liquid (not safe for life)
wLmx1 TIL In the film Osmosis Jones, Bill Murray's character mentions a "National Chicken Wing Festival" in Buffalo, New York. While the festival did not exist during the filming of the movie, this mention caused organizers to create an annual festival in Buffalo which has been active now for 16 years.
PYO5Z TIL that the SR-71 Blackbird was originally designated as the RS-71, but when president Lyndon B. Johnson mistakenly called it the SR-71 in a public briefing the name was changed, as the president was not normally corrected.