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v1WR4 TIL about the 1937 Fox Studios film fire responsible for approximately 75% of all silent movie reels being destroyed.
XEm4j TIL In 1920, a comedian called Harold Lloyd lost two fingers after picking up what he assumed to be a lit prop bomb at a photo shoot, that turned out to be a real bomb. It took 8 months to recover, and for the rest of his career, he had to wear a prosthetic.