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TIL James Cameron sold the original Terminator script for just $1 to producer Gale Anne Hurd of New World Pictures. She would later marry James Cameron in 1985.

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gMAbD TIL Bong Joon Ho clashed with Harvey Weinstein over cuts in his movie "Snowpiercer." Weinstein wanted to take out a fish gutting scene. "Why fish? We need action!" he said. Bong told him his father was a fisherman & it was a tribute to him, so he let him keep the scene. Boon later admitted he lied.
JjBB TIL Salvador Dali would avoid paying tabs by drawing on checks. The drawing would be too valuable to cash the check.
RM57 TIL that “Fairy Bread” is a common treat served at children’s parties in Australia and New Zealand - consisting of buttered white bread and candy sprinkles.
N7veM TIL Singapore pretty much locked away a man for 32 years, from 1966 to 1998, for "conducting communist activities". This included a 9-year stint on a resort island where he lived in a guardhouse.
GAyPE TIL songwriter Trevor Rabin wrote the entirety of the Yes song "Owner of a Lonely Heart" while sitting on the toilet.