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TIL Spielberg initially considered making Schindler's List entirely in German and Polish, but decided "there's too much safety in reading [subtitles]. It would have been an excuse [for the audience] to take their eyes off the screen and watch something else."

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XkBk TIL many were critical of Eminem for his homophobic, violent, and misogynistic lyrics. But as a show of support Elton John performed “Stan” with Eminem at the 2001 Grammys, saying that he recognized Eminem’s songs to be written from the perspective of the deranged Slim Shady.
Vdjp TIL that, despite having 70+ million viewers, Reddit is actually not profitable and in the RED. Massive server costs and lack of advertising are the main issues.
awD8b TIL screensavers were originally created as a way to prevent burn-in on old CRT screens, where if the image stayed the same for too long it would get burnt into the screen.
D1g8j TIL that during the filming of Titanic (1997), an angry crew member put PCP into the soup that Cameron and others ate one night. Cameron was described as having “One eye completely red, like the Terminator eye. The other eye looked like he’d been sniffing glue since he was four.”
4b0X TIL during the Siege of Baghdad, The Grand Library of Baghdad, containing countless precious historical documents and books on subjects from medicine to astronomy, was destroyed along with the House of Wisdom. The Tigris waters ran black with ink from the big quantities of books flung into the river