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TIL The Rock's Early Acting Debut Included a Battle Against Star Trek's Legendary Seven of Nine!

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p85k4 TIL the actor who played Chunk in Goonies is now a lawyer who represents Bong Joon-ho
d81m7 TIL psychopaths are immune to the sympathetic, contagious yawn response. Additionally, researchers found that those resistant to the 'contagious yawn' were also resistant to being startled.
M5rK TIL that Stephen King hated the movie adaptation of The Shining. Conversely he thought Stand By Me is the best movie adaptation of any of his books.
4kDON TIL Garry Hoy, a Canadian lawyer who attempted to prove that the building's glass windows were unbreakable by throwing himself against the glass. The glass did not break when he hit it, but the window frame gave way and Hoy fell to his death.
MelZ7 TIL of "Spocking Fives," where Canadians would alter five-dollar notes to make Prime Minister Laurier's features resemble Spock from Star Trek. "Spocking Fives" was so prevalent that later releases of the five-dollar note had a different image of Laurier with less resemblance to the famous Vulcan.