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TIL Researchers from the University of South Australia found that blasting AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" through a loud speaker increased the effectiveness of the Chemotherapy drug they were working on.

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JYvvm TIL that cats moon people and other cats to say hello.
69XxX TIL Tonic water was created as an early prophylactic treatment against Malaria (due to the added Quinine) by the British army. They added Gin to improve taste and now we have the G&T.
8exRV TIL when filming Mr. Smith Goes to Washington the Park Service did not want Frank Capra to film at the Lincoln Memorial, so he sent a large crew elsewhere as a distraction while a smaller crew filmed Stewart and Jean Arthur inside the Memorial
rRe74 [TIL] Spain had a Fascist government well into the 1970's.
BrE7D TIL the Spongebob producers originally used royalty-free marching music at the end of "Band Geeks," but couldn't find music they liked. They instead used David Glen Eisley's "Sweet Victory." The song went from nearly unknown to selling 300,000 downloads on iTunes within a year of the episode airing.