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TIL People brought their kids to watch Alien in the theaters (many apparently thinking it was going to be something more akin to Star Wars)

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Bmrk TIL jaguars have such powerful jaws that they kill their prey by biting into the brain directly through the skull.
wW61 TIL that Top Gear staged breakdowns of the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Roadster, making electric cars seem unviable. Show defenders said that it was all in fun.
JYw04 TIL that despite his lady's man reputation, Elvis Presley avoided intercourse with most if not all of his early girlfriends, even Priscilla before they were married. One biographer suggested that The King developed an extreme fear of STDs during his military service.
QNDJa TIL The Thonet No. 14 chair was the first mass-produced piece of furniture. The ease of production came from the wood being curved an iron mold. Over 50 million of these chairs have been sold since the invention in 1859.
PYYZe TIL Buckfast, a caffeinated tonic wine, accounts for less than half a percent of Scotland's total alcohol sales but is a factor in over 40 percent of arrests.