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TIL John Carpenter filmed twelve minutes of additional material during the production of Halloween II for scenes to be added into the TV broadcast of Halloween. The extra scenes were filmed so Halloween would fit into a two hour time slot on NBC.

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a8rnZ TIL For “no direction Home”. The iconic “Judas” moment And the onstage colour footage of “like a rolling stone”in Dylan’s 1966 Manchester concert, originally recorded by D. A. Pennebaker, was found in 2004 in a pile of water-damaged film recovered from Dylan’s vault.
neA6d TIL Olympic Pole Vaulter Sergey Bubka was being payed $100,000 every time he set a world record, he subsequently set the world record 35 times.
XleX TIL that Leo Major, a French Canadian soldier in WWII, singlehandedly liberated the Dutch town of Zwolle from an occupying German force, killing and capturing dozens of enemy soldiers in the process.
78ejM TIL about Third Man Syndrome. An unseen presence reported by mountain climbers and explorers during traumatic survival situations that talks to the victim, gives practical advise and encouragement.
woKY8 TIL Nazi General Loringhoven was inside the Führerbunker during the last days of Nazi Germany. He attempted to escape, was captured by Allied forces, and later became a NATO commander, retiring as Inspector General of the Armed Forces of West Germany in 1973.