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P1eXG TIL there is an emeritus professor of psychiatry whose name is Professor Angst
N76aM TIL that on the set of The Princess Bride, Billy Crystal's improvisational lines were so funny that Mandy Patinkin bruised a rib trying to hold in laughter and Rob Reiner had to direct his scenes from a video monitor because his laughter was ruining takes.
b6yn4 TIL that Actress Jan Broberg Felt, who portrayed Evan Rachel Wood's on-screen mother in the 2001 film "Little Secrets" was a kidnapping victim in her youth.
5YPr TIL that Comedy Central only agreed to air the word “shit” uncensored in the South Park episode “It Hits the Fan” (the first South Park to do so) if the word was used an absurdly high number of times. The episode had 200 total shits- 162 spoken, 38 written.
neVE9 TIL about the first robot. The servant of Philon was an ancient Greek humanoid figure capable of automatically filling a wine cup when placed in its hand. It accomplished its task using a pneumatic system that was very advanced for its time.