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TIL that James Cameron sold the rights to The Terminator for $1, with the condition that he (Cameron) would direct it.

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9jrM TIL that Paul Verhoeven was naked when he directed the co-ed shower scene in his movie “Starship Troopers” because the cast of the movie only agreed to film the nude scenes if the director was nude too.
GBwN TIL That the Soul Asylum music video “Runaway Train” had 3 versions in US featuring info on 36 missing children (36 total or 12 per video), 26 children were found after being featured in the video.
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