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TIL: Of Charles Osborne, who had hiccups for 68 years

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R546w TIL I learned there are no muscles in your fingers, which is part of the reason they get so cold (they also get cold because of the larger surface area as well. All the muscles that control finger motion are located in the hand and forearm.
YRMZ TIL the little boy who played Danny in The Shining, was so guarded by Stanley Kubrick during the filming process that he did not know it was a horror film until many years later. He has since abandoned acting and gone on to become a science teacher.
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