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TIL Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide was first released in 1969 when Leonard Maltin was still a teenager.

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KbNG TIL that marijuana is called ‘pot’ due to it being derived from the Spanish word 'potaguaya’, which is a wine or brandy that has had marijuana buds steeped in it
ogLA TIL Up to 70% of people will experience a hypnagogic jerk when falling asleep. A hypnagogic jerk is an involuntary muscle spasm that occurs as a person is drifting off to sleep. The phenomenon is so named in reference to the hypnogogic state — the transitional period between wakefulness and sleep.
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