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TIL George C. Scott agreed to star in "Patton" only if they used an earlier discarded script written by Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola said "I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech".

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R7mdj TIL During the shooting of Jurassic Park, the sound design of the T. rex's roar was reportedly a composite of tiger, alligator, and baby elephant sounds. The deadly Dilophosaurus roar was created by combining howler monkeys, hawk screeches, rattlesnake hisses, and swan calls.
d89x7 TIL about Wank Week, a British documentary series dedicated to increasing public awareness and dispelling any taboos surrounding masturbation. A press release even promised that it would reveal "if the only things allowed to be stiff in Britain are upper lips". It was, unsurprisingly, canceled.
RPL4 TIL until the enactment of Robby’s Law in 2000, retired military working dogs were routinely euthanized, b/c the dogs were classified as equipment & were thought to be unable to adjust to civilian life. The law is named after a military handler who tried to adopt his dog before it was euthanized.
Wk068 TIL that Bon Jovi's song You Give Love a Bad Name was original recorded by Bonnie Tyler, but the writer Desmond Child was not satisfied with its success so it was rewritten for Bon Jovi and became their first #1 hit.
WkWKN TIL that in 1972, two grad students at MIT invented Proton-Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy, a technique for transferring spin orientation from one atomic nucleus to another. Yes, they chose this name specifically for the acronym.