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TIL people used to say “bow-chicka-wow-wow” because porn was often accompanied with funky music in the 80’s and 90’s.

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R5KE7 TIL that when Indianapolis attempted to relocate Greenlawn Cemetery in 1899, they discovered that most of the graves had been robbed. The bodies were likely stolen for use as dissection subjects at local medical schools.
v1xK8 TIL the red line/margins on lined paper were there so when rats and mice chewed it up, the writing would still be intact because they usually wouldn’t eat the paper that far in.
vRNj TIL that the chocolate river in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was made by adding chocolate cream mix to 150,000 US gallons of water, which eventually turned rancid and created a foul odor that permeated the entire soundstage.
6EGRZ Today I learned that Run DMC was TOTALLY against doing a remake with Aerosmith for “Walk This Way.” They initially read the lyrics and called it “hillbilly bullshit”, and refused to do it. Rick Rubin “persuaded” them to do it, and the rest is history.
rbDo TIL: Only 0.7% of people in India are Buddhists. Apart from the Himalayas and niche locations, Buddhism was virtually extinct in India by the end of the 19th century.