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TIL the original Jake from State Farm was an actual State Farm employee; new one is an actor

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4kKQX TIL that Scooby Doo (2002) was initially Rated R and had to be re-cut to PG, which included using CGI to cover up cleavage!
aw9Ky TIL that during the space race, Stanley Kubrick was so worried that humans would soon make first contact with aliens that he tried to buy an insurance policy for 2001: A Space Odyssey in case audiences found his depiction of aliens ridiculous.
BrRWr TIL timeless physics is the controversial view that time, as we perceive it, does not exist as anything other than an illusion. Arguably we have no evidence of the past other than our memory of it, and no evidence of the future other than our belief in it.
JYZKl TIL dogs, more commonly elderly dogs, can catch a case of vertigo. It’s a vestibular disease which causes the dog to lose its sense of balance. It can last from one day to two weeks, and unfortunately there’s no treatment other than to wait.
4kpNw TIL that sandworms are real, grow several feet long, and even resemble the creatures from Dune (or vice versa)