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TIL James Cameron Changed Titanic’s Original Ending After a Focus Group Called it “Cheesy Disney Bullshit”

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8gMa TIL the word “mesmerize” comes from 18th century German physician Franz Mesmer, who used the sounds from Benjamin Franklin’s glass armonica to induce “animal magnetism” in patients. “Animal magnetism” would later be renamed “hypnosis” by Scottish surgeon James Braid in 1841.
jN6Nv TIL that Abercrombie & Fitch existed in 1917 and one of their products was a women's grey wool suit
rRRlo TIL that Georgia Tech beat Cumberland in football by a score of 222-0.
nW969 TIL: The IRS have laws that if you steal property or make money from illegal activities, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you make or stole the goods for tax purposes and won't be investigated for a crime
y1gJ TIL in 1913 a man was charged for threatening to kill his wife and newborn son with a knife. The mother remarried and the boy changed his name to that of his step-father. That boy went on to become the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford.