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TiL: Farts Can Be Deadly (to Astronauts).

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l7D5r TIL the horse head in The Godfather was real, from a dog food factory. Director Coppola felt the prop looked fake, and the art director found a horse already set to be killed for dog food, so Coppola asked for the head. Actor John Marley wasn’t told it replaced the fake, so his screams were genuine.
p81rA TIL that Julius Caesar's last words were not "Et tu, Brutus?" but instead "Kai su, teknon?" meaning "You too, child?" in ancient Greek.
7rREb TIL The Horse's Head in the Godfather Scene was Real. Francis Ford Coppola Didn't Like the Mock-Up, So His Scouts Found a Horse Ready for Slaughter at a Dog-Food Plant in New Jersey.
Lk1M0 TIL some people have a fourth cone in their eyes, allowing them to see an estimated 100 million extra nuances of color
PY1re TIL Carrie Fisher used gaffer's tape to hold down her breasts because George Lucas 'didn't want her looking too aggressively feminine'. Carrie Fisher joked about it saying: 'No breasts bounce in space, no jiggling in the Empire'.