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TIL Searchlight executives demanded a title sequence for Napoleon Dynamite because they were confused on when it took place because of the fashion. When they saw the title sequence, they were disgusted by the original hands, who were played by Jon Heder, so they sent a hand model to re-shoot it.

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awadZ TIL Certain oak tree populations will synchronize to produce almost no acorns, only to rain them down excessively the following year, known as a "mast" year. The year preceding the mast year is thought to starve off the mammal populations feeding on the acorns.
XnR6 TIL Wes Craven came up with the idea of Nightmare on Elm St after reading of some Cambodian refugees haunted by nightmares of the Khmer Rouge who refused to sleep. When they finally gave in to sleep, they died even though there was nothing physically wrong
neAnW TIL that while only 9.7% of Americans don't wear seatbelts, 47% of those who die in car crashes were not wearing seat belts.
W714Y TIL that the CEO of McLaren F1 racing, Zak Brown, appeared on wheel of fortune as a teenager, won $3,050 and spent the winnings to fund his racing career
R7rjl TIL a man in Arizona stole a diamond worth 160,000$ and traded it for 20$ worth of weed.