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W7RyX TIL that Bram Stoker’s widow Florence had the 1921 film Nosferatu declared a copyright infringement. She sued the production company into bankruptcy, ordered all copies burned, and had the court declare that owning a copy was illegal. The resulting cult status led to several copies surviving.
a8Okb TIL of the story of George Pickering, who barricaded and held hospital staff at gun point to keep them from taking his son off life support. After negotiating with SWAT to extend his sons care, his son made a full recovery.
NXBLE TIL Chris Hemsworth made 150k for his first appearance as Thor BUT Sean Austin only got 250k for Fellowship of the Ring which grossed 1 Billion. Rumor has it he only get 500k for the entire trilogy which bagged 2.9 billion.