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TIL before 1975, the BBC overwrote or destroyed old show tapes. Hundreds of Doctor Who episodes were thought lost forever, until a worldwide hunt began to turn them up—e.g. 2 in a London Mormon Church, and a goldmine 9 in Nigeria (employees had ignored instructions to burn them). 97 remain unfound.

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NXZ6J TIL Denise Richards and Neve Campbell shared a pitcher of margaritas together before filming their swimming pool kissing scene in Wild Things. It was the first time either of them had ever kissed another girl.
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