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TIL that they created Gwyneth Paltrow's head for Se7en but never used it. It was however used in the autopsy scene in Contagion.

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yj9w TIL That as the idea of temperance began to pick up in the United States in the 1800s, children were taught in school that alcohol could cause spontaneous combustion. “A schoolbook for children told the story of a man who was so full of alcohol that he exploded while attempting to light his pipe”
moJR TIL the Patriot Party, a socialist party in the 1960s/70s, organized poor, rural whites and worked closely with the Black Panthers as a serious political force until being destroyed by the FBI as part of COINTELPRO
lAmA TIL 80% of American toys are made in China’s Pearl River Delta, employing 3 million people in 8,000 factories
ONQe TIL Jim Henson operated Kermit from a cramped diving bell underwater with an air hose to the surface for The Rainbow Connection intro to The Muppet Movie. Filming took 5 days.
BMVL TIL That before his television career. Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) sang opera professionally.