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TIL Denise Richards and Neve Campbell shared a pitcher of margaritas together before filming their swimming pool kissing scene in Wild Things. It was the first time either of them had ever kissed another girl.

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ADEX7 TIL that when filming the TV series "The Mandalorian" in 2019, the crew ran out of Stormtrooper costumes, so they reached out to the local branch of a Star Wars fan organisation, whose members came to join the filming in their own home-made Stormtrooper costumes
wnRY TIL that Steven Russell escaped from prison by using laxatives to fake the symptoms of AIDS. He then called the prison, posing as a doctor, asking for prisoners interested in an experimental treatment, and volunteered. Once out of Texas, he sent death certificates to the prison stating he had died
Y7ebd TIL the hair braid once worn by Chinese men wasn't Chinese in origin. The last Chinese dynasty, the Qing, was founded by the Manchus who conquered China & imposed their traditional hairstyle on all men. Non-compliance was punished with execution. The practice faded out after the dynasty fell in 1912
QkRd TIL a prison inmate tried to sue himself for allowing himself to get drunk and ruin his life. He demanded 5 million from himself and reasoned that the state should pay since he didn’t get a salary behind bars.
mmEM TIL that an atomic bomb cameraman ripped his safety goggles a split second before the bomb exploded. He immediately covered his eyes with his hand and saw his hand’s bones through his closed eyelids just like in an X-ray.