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TIL Anthony Hopkins frightened people during screenings of Silence of the Lambs by tapping them on the shoulder during the scary parts.

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g4Ay TIL that ancient Greeks invented the modern shower using piped water. Rich and poor used large locker-room showers with bars to hang up clothing. Ancient Romans did the same, bringing showers to as far as England. The systems and habits of bathing every day disappeared after the fall of Rome.
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