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TIL that the Emperor Claudius' son Britannicus despised his older cousin Nero, persistently calling him his birth name "Ahenobarbus" despite getting renamed when Claudius adopted him as his co-heir. Shortly after Nero became emperor, he ordered Britannicus murdered with poison at a banquet.

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XBXR TIL Blade Runner’s tears in rain monologue was rewritten by Rutger Hauer the night before filming with the line “all those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain” being added. When Hauer performed the scene, the film crew applauded and some even cried.
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