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TIL the FCC prohibits the phrase "Jesus Christ" from being said on network TV as an exclamation/expletive; you can say "Jesus", you can say "Christ", but you can't say "Jesus Christ" unless he's literally on screen as the man from the Bible. The term "goddamn it" is also banned from U.S. network TV.

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oBXEr TIL Jack Black desperately wanted to use a Led Zeppelin song in School Of Rock but the band was notoriously reluctant to let their music be used in films. The director suggested having Black record a personal plea to the band members, in front of a crowd of 1,000 extras. It worked.
PLPw TIL the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office failed to investigate more than 400 sex crimes, at least 32 child molestations and the rape of a 13 year old girl who became pregnant by her uncle.
VBVY4 TIL about Boundary Extension, which is " a widely accepted psychological phenomenon in which observers will recall an image as containing visual information beyond the boundaries of the originally studied image".
5YEWr TIL that Modica Market, the grocery store Jim Carey shops at in The Truman Show, is a real store in Seaside, FL. Store owner Charlie Modica, seen stocking shelves in the movie, said, “I’m 20 years older, 30 pounds heavier and my hair’s turned gray on me. Otherwise, not much has changed.”
LQB69 TIL the first Actor of Asian Descent to win an Academy Award was an amateur actor, winning for his first movie. He also survived three terms in Khmer rouge's Concentration camps during Pol Pot's Regime.