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TIL - 6 lenses were specially designed for the mission to the moon that were capable of photographing in the extreme low-light conditions of space, but 3 more of the same lens were sold to Stanley Kubrick for his candlelit film, Barry Lyndon. The owner of the lens company made one more for himself.

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