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TIL: Getting hit in the testicles isn't more painful than labor or childbirth

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7rpmX TIL the 2005 film "Brokeback Mountain" originally intended to star Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix but both actors were uncomfortable with the film's sex scenes and declined the parts.
Yp1bP TIL, the producers of the H.R.Pufnstuf kid's television show successfully sued McDonald's for copyright infringement due to their McDonaldland commercial series. After several years in appeals, they won a million-dollar settlement.
aDv9 TIL… When Alan Shepard was waiting for liftoff to become the first man in space, a reporter asked him what he was thinking about. He replied “The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder.”
16ZPP TIL that before the first Harry Potter film was released in the early 2000s, Warner Bros. demanded the owners of Harry Potter fansites, including a 15 year old, to hand over their domain names due to copyright protection. This caused negative publicity, which resulted to the studio backing down.
ajj0 TIL: The scientists who found gluten sensitivity evidence have now shown it doesn’t exist