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TIL Creator of the American Mother's Day, Anna Jarvis, spent the rest of her life and wealth campaigning against the holiday feeling it became too commercialized and lost the sentiment behind it.

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Z86W4 TIL the 1981 film "Roar" featured shoots with live animals that resulted in 70+ injuries including cinematographer Jan De Bont who needed 220 stitches to reattach his scalp
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