Post * 5L6r — Curious Curator

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TIL Christopher Lloyd was 37 in 1975 when he landed his first movie role “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” He’s been in a movie nearly every year since and has been in 124 movies to date.

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jNrnX TIL that the Collyer brothers, Homer and Langley, filled their house with over 100 tons of random objects. Langley constructed a maze of tunnels, complete with deadly booby traps, to protect his brother, who never left his room. Langley was killed by his own traps, and Homer starved to death.

N75LM TIL there was much pressure from Columbia Pictures for the "Men in Black" music video to help the movie succeed. With just weeks before the film’s release, Will Smith devised a last minute idea to do a dance-off with a CGI alien. Smith spent late nights learning the steps and they shot it in 4 days.

xVj1k TIL that the F.R.E.D (Field Ration Eating Device) is a multi-tool consisting of a bottle opener, can opener, and spoon, commonly used by the Australian military. However it's also widely known as the "Fucking Ridiculous Eating Device".

E1ALd TIL even National Television Network of Japan didn't dare to mess with Disney and their lawyers because they were terrified about what they would do to them in return when similarities between Atlantis and Nadia were strong enough for its production company Gainax to sue for plagiarism.

E1Ee0 TIL Studies have shown that feeling awed by something makes one feel healthier. It also makes people feel more generous, decreases aggressive attitudes and makes them feel more satisfied with their lives.