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TIL Viggo Mortensen wore a Montreal Canadiens t-shirt under his armor throughout filming the Lord of the rings trilogy

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GYwRG TIL when Philip Glass was composing Music in Twelve Parts, he only finished the first part as he intended for it to be played by 12 musicians; but when a friend took a listen and asked what the other 11 parts was gonna be like, Glass went on to compose the other parts as a challenge.
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