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TIL - The Thing (2011 prequel) was originally going to have practical effects for the Thing, almost all of which were replaced due to studio interference as being “too 80s”

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mxolE TIL after high school senior Allison Closs dressed up a cardboard cutout of Danny DeVito to go with her to prom, DeVito returned the favor by bringing a cardboard cutout of Closs to the set of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
KYQyG TIL France's national ensign (flag) used to be white at various points between the 1600s and the early 1800s.
GYKVN TIL that Houston airport received many complaints about baggage wait times. In response, they moved baggage claim further away so the walk was longer than the wait. The number of complaints dropped.
W7oyN TIL of Charley Goldman, a boxing trainer who is credited with turning Rocky Marciano from an apparently unimpressive specimen, into an undefeated world champion.
X0e0Q TIL that paper has two directions from the manufacturing process. When ripping it, one direction rips straight and one curves away. So if you do high quality design productions you can and need to specify the direction of the paper.