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TIL Mel Gibson was dropped from The Hangover Part ll because the cast wasn’t comfortable working with him after allegations of spousal abuse

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P1m1n TIL in 2011 Alex Trebek - the long-time host of Jeopardy! - was woken by a burglar in his hotel room. He proceeded to chase the robber though the hallways in his underwear before tearing his Achilles. The thief was later apprehended.
846a TIL during the scene for the 2008 film Cloverfield in which the head of the Statue of Liberty falls onto a city street, the head’s size is larger than its actual size in real life. Originally it was made properly to scale, but test audiences complained it looked too small and unrealistic.
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