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TIL Elon Musk produced “Thank You For Smoking”

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8epaG TIL "Cute aggression" or the urge to squeeze cute animals or babies is the brain’s coping mechanism to temper the onslaught of positive feelings. Because if you find yourself incapacitated by how cute a baby is—so much so that you simply can't take care of it—that baby is going to starve.
9Jm7 TIL Ex-Beatle George Harrison was forced against his will to sign a guitar for his cancer doctor as he lay dying. He also broke Harrison’s confidentiality agreement by announcing he was in cancer treatment. He was later convicted of malpractice in 20 other cases.
MelEb TIL that the face of Max Payne in the original game is one of it's writers - Sami Antero Järvi, a Finnish game writer/actor and Remedy's creative director.
NKw1 TIL one of the animators from Robot Chicken and PES uses a modified Nintendo Power Glove to help him animate. Its sooo ‘bad’ that it even has a fist bump sound effect for when he has to meet with the director.
pW5b TIL Winston Churchill’s final words were “I feel happy. I think I’ll go for a walk.” Inspiring Monty Python’s famous line.