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TIL Michael Jackson faced heavy backlash from fellow Jehovah’s Witnesses for the Thriller video and had to add a disclaimer to the beginning that assured he was not a believer in the occult.

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W7ygA TIL the 1993 Chinese film, "An Old Man and his Dog" was banned in its native country for decades due to the discovery that the dog trainer and body double to the lead actor was a serial killer who fed his victims to dogs, including the ones onscreen.
YJ7d TIL that in 2008, Harvard created their own version of the classic Food Pyramid that more accurately reflected dietary science.
9mlX TIL that Reindeer are the only mammals that can see ultraviolet light.
pPGe TIL that Woody Allen is both claustrophobic and agoraphobic, meaning he is afraid of both open and closed spaces.
dDl0Z TIL On September 14, 1977, a contestant on "The Price is Right" named Yolanda Bowsley experienced a wardrobe malfunction when her tube top slipped down on live television, exposing her chest, while running onto the stage