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ADny4 TIL the real-life inspiration for "The Americans" was not Cold War spies, but 10 Russian deep-cover agents captured in 2010; but the show creator was unimpressed by the public's lukewarm reaction to the case, and figured the story would make for better TV if set in the Cold War.
7rvGX TIL George Lucas helped his friend Francis Ford Coppola shoot and edit The Godfather.
8a4dV TIL that the unopened Fed Ex box in the movie "Castaway" may have contained a water proof, solar powered satellite phone