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TIL that putting a wire clothes hanger onto your head instinctively makes you turn your head for some reason. This phenomenon is known as the “hanger reflex”. Try it for yourself, it worked for me.

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QNlZe TIL that George Lucas took a $500,000 pay cut to his salary as director of ''Star Wars'' in exchange for full ownership of the franchise's merchandising rights. By 2012, the first six films produced approximately US$20 billion in merchandising revenue.
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