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TIL producers Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind insisted Christopher Reeve's Superman have a big bulge. "Either he has a big one, or he has nothing!" Reeve wore a metal codpiece.

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ADQlw TIL that Salvator Dali once gave Alice Cooper a plaster sculpture of his brain, crowned by a chocolate eclair with real ants running down the middle. He asked Cooper to model for him. Which he did, under armed guard, since he was wearing a diamond tiara provided by Dali worth $2 million.
7jR7 TIL In 1713, Venetian Baroque composer Giuseppe Tartini had the devil come to him in a dream where he played the violin with such virtuosity that the composer felt enchanted. Upon awakening, Tartini in an attempt to recreate what he had heard composed his greatest piece, which to him didn’t compare.
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