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TIL in the film “The Shining”, filming the ‘Heeeere’s Johnny!’ scene took 3 days and 80 doors.

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QJJB9 Next time: Slow and steady.
oNZ7 TIL McDonald’s made the design of the McFlurry container hedgehog friendly, so hedgehogs wouldn’t get stuck in them getting leftover food.
x6av0 TIL that the chocolate makers J.S. Fry & Sons had a famous advert featuring a crying boy who becomes happy after having chocolate. The boy was actually forced to cry after having an ammonia soaked cloth wrapped around his neck by his dad, who then took a photograph of this used in the advert.
E1jZo TIL that the acclaimed writer Leo Tolstoy converted to Christianity and became a anarchist and a pacifist based on the teachings of Jesus. He was a major inspiration to Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
QPV9 TIL the term “Carjacking” originated in Detroit, MI