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TIL that while filming The Exorcist, Linda Blair was rigged to a mechanical bed that shook her so violently she fractured her spine. The shot was used in the final film, and her screams of pain were real.

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goAD TIL Garfield (the comic strip) was never supposed to be funny. It was crafted to fit a marketing niche.
awnxJ TIL researchers in Scotland conducted a study on the effects of music on dogs’ behavior. They played a variety of music to dogs and assessed physiological and behavioral changes. The dogs responded most positively when they were played reggae and soft rock over other genres of music.
7rxGP TIL Hundred Islands National Park, Phillipines, has 124 islands at low tide but only three of them have been developed for tourism: Governor Island, Quezon Island, and Children's Island. The peculiar "mushroom-like" shapes of some of the islands were caused by the eroding action of ocean waves
8aA8K TIL dinosaurs were around before flowering plants existed.
KYXQG TIL modern day heart and lung transplants were heralded by a scientist who once surgically added a second head to a dogs body. The dog lived for almost a month.