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TIL this is the song the James Bond theme was based upon

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E1RMd TIL that a California man found an unopened copy of a 1987 Nintendo game called Kid Icarus in his mom's attic. It was still in the original shopping bag along with a receipt showing it cost $38.45. He later sold the game at auction for $9,000.
Bry0D TIL a hypnic jerk is a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body which occurs when a person (not only me apparently) is beginning to fall asleep, often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment
Z8pQQ TIL during the burning of Washington DC in the war of 1812, British commander Sir George Cockburn ordered his soldiers to destroy a newspaper printing house, and stated "Be sure that all the C's are destroyed, so that the rascals cannot any longer abuse my name."
gXdL TIL President John F. Kennedy was a huge James Bond fan. He viewed an early print of ‘From Russia with Love’ at the White House on Nov 21st, 1963. It was the last film he ever saw, he was killed the next day in Dallas.
xVkdD TIL that the voice given for the A.I "Suit lady" aka "Karen" in Spider Man: Homecoming was none other than Jennifer Connelly who also happens to be the wife of Paul Bettany, the actor who voices J.A.R.V.I.S in the Iron Man films and later as Vision.