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TIL the theme song for Futurama is based on the 1967 French electronic song “Psyché Rock.”

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16MpP TIL the movie 'Cape Fear' was originally developed by Steven Spielberg, but he eventually decided it was too violent and traded it to Martin Scorsese in exchange for 'Schindler's List', which Scorsese had decided not to make.
168ld TIL In 1907, a performer named "Sober Sue" appeared onstage. Theater offered $100 to anyone who could make Sober Sue laugh. People from the audience, professional comedians, all tried, but failed. Later it was found it was impossible for her to laugh because her facial muscles were paralyzed.
KYyY6 TIL that when his production company could not afford a major star for his first western, director Sergio Leone hired a man with no name at the time in Hollywood and commented about him that he “had two expressions: with hat and no hat“ - Clint Eastwood.
4Xy95 TIL that COLLABORATIONISM does not carry the same positive connotation as its root word. It instead refers to the carrying out an act of treason; most commonly applicable to WW-II
Mek9K TIL of ancient Egyptian king Psamtik's experiment to discover the origin of human language. He forbade anyone to speak to two infants. Their gibberish sounded like Phrygian, which Psamtik concluded to be the origin of language. Phrygian emerged in the 8th century BC;2000 years after ancient Egyptian