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TIL: Pennsylvania makes 80% of US pretzels

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9wNGB TIL Tobe Hooper, director of the 1974 movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre, hoped for a rating of “PG” due to the “limited amount of gore”.
kREg TIL after visiting with Humphrey Bogart, who was suffering from Esophageal Cancer, Spencer Tracy gave Bogart a pat on the shoulder and said “Goodnight, Bogie.” Bogart placed his hand on Tracy’s and replied “Goodbye, Spence.” Bogart fell into a coma and died the next day.
4WPo TIL that to this day, no one knows who turned in Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis.
0lw1 TIL in 2005, Sony used music CDs to illegally install a rootkit virus on 22 million computers; and when caught, they released an uninstaller that failed to remove the rootkit, installed further programs and illegally collected user information
pYJ5N TIL that in The Shawshank Redemption, when Morgan Freeman’s character is asked “why do they call you Red?” and he responds with “maybe it’s because I’m Irish”.