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TIL That while filming Gummo some of the actors rebelled against the disgusting locations in which Harmony Korine wanted to shoot. Korine was forced to buy Hazmat suits for some of the cast, while he and his Cinematographer wore Speedos and flip-flops to piss them off.

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xVVab TIL that an estimated one in four cowboys were black.
XE5Rk TIL that bees dance to each other in the hive to tell each other where to find good pollen. The angle of the dance is the angle relative to the sun, the tempo of dance is the distance, the duration of dance is the quality of the pollen, and the dancer hands out free samples to whoever’s watching!
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