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TIL during filming Silence of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins was so terrifying as Hannibal Lecter, Jodie Foster was scared of him and avoided him while on set.

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ne0nW TIL there's seven species of dinosaur that have a 'live' appearance in the film Jurassic Park, but only two, the Brachiosaurus and Dilophosaurus were actually from the Jurassic period. The other five: Gallimimus, Parasaurolophus, Triceratops, T-Rex, and Velociraptor were all from the Cretaceous.
4XaWo TIL Leonardo Da Vinci, a pacifist, invented an armored tank nearly 500 years ahead of its time, but included a fatal flaw in the design (the wheels only spun toward each other) so it could never be used in an actual battle.
6EgEY TIL, Disneyland's Jungle Cruise is now a self sustaining ecosystem and requires very little landscaping
67EW TIL Richard Berry, the writer of Louie Louie, was living on welfare at his mom’s house in the mid 80s. A company wanted to use the song in a commercial and sent a lawyer to him. The lawyer suggested Berry attempt to gain rights to his song, resulting in a settlement and making Berry a millionaire.
9wrwQ TIL That 2.8 billion years from now, all remaining Earth life will become extinct