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TIL that Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) is the PREQUEL to Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and not the sequel.

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68K7 TIL: The family of Chris Benoit, the 40 year old wrestler who killed his wife and son before hanging himself in 2007, consider his death a result of brain damage, after tests showed years of wrestling injuries left him with the brain of an 85 year old with an advanced form of dementia
awYwy TIL that the band Death Cab for Cutie is named after a song performed by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band in 1967
Jxr1 TIL of ‘Mangia’, an Atari 2600 video game in which a mother force feeds her son with pasta until he explodes. The boy can feed animals with the food, but if the mother sees him do so, she brings out three times as much pasta as punishment. 'Mangia’ is among the rarest video games for collectors.
dDw7K TIL that there is no recorded origin for who created the party horn but the world record for the most people blowing the party horn at the same time is held by 6,091 in Japan on 11/21/2009
4N5R TIL that up to 25% of the population may have trouble distinguishing between right and left, even into adulthood.