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TIL Elvis had to be rescued from a bowl of chicken soup that he began to drown in.

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pYkO TIL there’s a programming language called Brainfuck whose command set consists entirely of just 8 characters. The “Hello World” program can be written as “ ++++++++++[>+++++++>++++++++++>+++>+++.>+.+++++++..+++.>++..+++.——.——–.>+.>.”
W74aB TIL the song "Be Our Guest" in 1991's Beauty and the Beast was originally intended for Belle's father Maurice. However, it was rewritten and re-animated to be focused on Belle.
lo9j1 TIL: Goosebumps are actually caused by a muscle called the arrector pili muscle.
QJ0RL TIL that in 2007, the Australian Government spent $84 million on a porn filter. A 16-year old boy, Tom Wood, cracked the filter in less than 40 minutes.
kOQ6g TIL despite being filmed in Austria, The Sound of Music was and is still unpopular in the German-speaking world. The third act (the events surrounding the occupation of Austria) was cut by the Munich manager of the studio, before being restored after director Robert Wise intervened.