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TIL James Cameron directed both the first movie to have a budget of at least $100 million (True Lies, 1994) and the first to have a budget of at least $200 million (Titanic, 1997).

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8erxL TIL Michael Schumacher won the 1994 F1 Drivers Championship by intentionally crashing into rival Damon Hill, after a mistake. That forced both to retire and ensured that Damon Hill would not overtake him in the points standing.
VbWG TIL During the filming of “Groundhog Day”, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray’s longtime collaboration and friendship ended abruptly, without public explanation. Except for a few words at a wake, and later at a bar mitzvah, the two men did not speak for almost 20 years.
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