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TIL renowned director Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, Rear Window) stated one of his favorite movies was Burt Reynolds' Smokey and the Bandit. Hitchcock's daughter confirmed this.

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7m6r TIL of “Fritz the Cat,” a 1972 adult animated feature that was the first to ever receive an X rating and became the highest grossing independent animated feature of all time.
9YRw7 TIL that green dirt in the nose pads of eyeglasses aren't moss/fungus but due to the oxidation of a certain type of copper used in glasses
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