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TIL that Bender from Futurama was named after John Bender from the 1985 John Hughes film “The Breakfast Club”.

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kwjg TIL the movie ‘Predator’ was written in response to a joke that since Rocky Balboa had no earthly opponents left, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made.
GAo85 TIL of Mallows Bay, where over 200 wooden ships were abandoned and burned at the end of WWI. Now the shipwrecks are a thriving ecosystem and the site is a National Marine Sanctuary.
a866b TIL Freddie Mercury’s introductory scatting vocal on "Under Pressure" was improvised during an experiment suggested by David Bowie, as Brian May recalls it: "David said, 'Okay, let’s each of us go in the vocal booth and sing how we think the melody should go and we’ll compile a vocal out of that.'"
j9mn TIL Ringo Starr narrated the first two seasons of Thomas the Tank Engine (Thomas and Friends)!
WkWDA TIL: In the late 1800s- early 1900s butt plugs were available through prescription. They were used to treat constipation, hemorrhoids, piles, nervousness and even insanity. They were called rectal dilators.