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loGDa TIL, that only female papaya trees give fruit but they need male flowers to pollinate them.
9446 TIL: Hitchcock didn’t want music in Psycho’s shower scene. He practically doubled Herrmann’s salary after seeing the scene with music.
oBw6Y TIL Wind and barometric pressure changes can produce waves and effects similar to tides in enclosed bodies of water. This phenomenon is known as a seiche.
DjLr TIL that the story of the Mexican hero Zorro was based on the life of the Irishman William Lamport from County Wexford, he was sent to the Mexico to spy on the colonial viceroy there but ended up inciting rebellion against Spain after seeing the corruption and injustices of the inquisition.
69mEY TIL that the average 30-something couple has sex 86 times per year