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TIL trauma doesn't only exist in humans-- animals have their behaviour changed by traumatic experiences, too.

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16RW4 TIL: For decades, people pronounced the year 2000 as "twenty hundred" since it came after the 1800s and 1900s. But for the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey", Stanley Kubrick included specific instructions for journalists to refer to the movie as "two thousand and one"
nO6b TIL that the 1978 arcade game “Space Invaders” was so popular upon its release that by mid-1981, Space Invaders machines had grossed more than four billion quarters.
VMlk4 TIL Disney has a bad reputation among theater owners for its strict/lofty terms regarding its films. For "The Last Jedi" as an example, Disney demanded a 65% cut of ticket sales (rather than the minimum 55%-60% cut), a 4 week hold in each venue, and a 5% penalty to any owner who breaks the contract.
LQ1EV TIL that the painting “Head of Christ”, an American view of Jesus, has been dubbed the “best-known American artwork of the 20th century” based in terms of widespread diffusion despite few people knowing the name of its author (Warner E. Sallman).
9w716 TIL that Iranian military arrested 14 squirrels for spying