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TIL it actually takes more muscle to smile than to frown

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yP9v TIL the screenwriter of Alien (1979), Dan O'Bannon, credited his experiences with Crohn’s disease for inspiring the chest-busting scene.
DQnRD TIL: Tennis Baseball: a Baseball Game, But With Tennis Rackets!
ADLpw TIL black death helped bring about the Italian Renaissance
OGBW6 TIL that when Queen Elizabeth II dies, no comedy programming will air on the BBC for 12 days.
b9xkN TIL in 1965 Edward Turner from British motorcycle company BSA said that small Japanese bikes were good for BSA, as they would attract potential riders of bigger bikes. However, he did not predict that the Japanese would then export attractive larger motorcycles, thus threatening companies like BSA.