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TIL Clive Barker, the creator of Hellraiser, found that ads for the 9th film in the series insinuated he was involved in production, which he wasn't. He said, "I have NOTHING to do with the fuckin' thing. If they claim its from the mind of Clive Barker, it's a lie. It's not even from my butt-hole."

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dAaB TIL that in the UK you are legally required to stop if you run over a dog, but not a cat.
j6XdR TIL that Ben Stiller is in talks to play Jack Torrance in a stage production of The Shining.
XEOmD TIL that the SAW franchise has saved over 360,000 lives. With the exception of the first & the 2009 movie, people could donate blood in exchange for free movies ticket. As of September 2017, 120,000 pints (57,000 L) of blood had been donated.
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