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TIL in the 2006 documentary "This Film is Not Yet Rated" the director hired detectives to uncover the identities of the MPAA ratings & appeal boards, revealing that the former received very little training for rating films, and the latter consisted of studio/theater execs - as well as two clergymen

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P14YE TIL that male peacocks make fake mating sounds to make him seem more popular so females will mate with him.
xVED0 TIL Roman Emperor Valentinian I died from bursting a blood vessel in his skull while angrily yelling at envoys from a Germanic tribe known as the Quadi, for their diplomatic insults.
D1Wbv TIL that iconic scare from 2002's The Ring wasn't Amber Tamblyn in makeup, playing dead. It was actually a body double created by the now retired effects legend Rick Baker who photographed Tamblyn from multiple angles to make the figure look as convincing as possible.
RQOl TIL that cancer researchers discovered a potential male birth control drug. It caused mice to “forget” how to make sperm, and the mice became completely fertile, producing normal offspring, after they stopped receiving the drug.
Zp8pR TIL a species of pig called Barbirusa has tusks that can grow long enough to impale its own skull, killing it in the process