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TIL that 'The Omega Man' (1971) has among the first interracial kisses in film, between Charlton Heston and Rosalind Cash. When Whoopi Goldberg asked Heston about the kiss in 1992 on her talk show, Heston leaned in and kissed a pleasantly surprised Goldberg.

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