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TIL of Blissymbolics, an unspoken, written language that was invented as an easy to learn form of communication for use between people of all languages

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R7bN4 TIL if you develop an aversion to a food you previously loved but vomited up even just one time after eating, that is called the Garcia Effect. This happens even if you know getting sick had nothing to do with the food you ate and instead was due to a virus.
JlRB TIL when Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails first heard Johnny Cash’s cover of their song “Hurt”, he said “Wow, that song isn’t mine anymore.”
jNjeN TIL Back to the Future filming at night would get interrupted because the DeLoreans door began slowly closing on its own. It was found that cold temps at night cause the gas-filled strut in the hinge mechanism to contact. To keep the doors up, special effects would keep the strut warm between shots.
Wjj4 TIL that before 1934, film in Hollywood used to be extraordinarily liberal during a period called “Pre-Code”. Before laws about decency were passed, films in that era would give today’s rated-R movies a run for their money, featuring nudity, homosexuality, drug use, intense violence and more.
bj70 TIL the more (and longer) a person drinks alcohol, the more damage they’ll inflict on the parts of their brain controlling impulse and judgment.