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TIL A Study Found Religious Children Are Meaner Than Secular Children

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b6Yyj TIL that the iconic death's-head hawkmoth from The Silence of the Lambs couldn't be used in filming because it was too cold, so they glued skull decals on tobacco horn worm moths, instead.
j7vN TIL that in October of 2014, Amanda Bynes tweeted that her father sexually abused her as a child. She later claimed that this was not the case, and a microchip implanted in her brain forced her to say it.
pv4 TIL the venom of the Brazilian wandering spider can cause an erection that lasts for hours.
9x8p TIL that most children are extra sensitive to bitter taste, which may explain why they do not like vegetables.
1xmW TIL in 1998 director Guillermo del Toro’s father was kidnapped and held for ransom for $1 million by Mexican bandits. Guillermo del Toro had recently invested most of his funds in the film Mimic. Good friend James Cameron gave del Toro the money, and his dad was released 72 days later.