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TIL The Alien costume included real vertebrae; Rolls Royce auto-parts, latex and K-Y jelly.

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Oom8R TIL that the day after Carrie Fisher died, while planning her funeral services, her mother, Debbie Reynolds, said "I want to be with Carrie," then immediately suffered a stroke a died.
1ara7 TIL that camels eat cactus, they have adapted to harsh desert conditions that require them to eat thorny plants
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