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TIL when ‘The Shining’ premiered, the MPAA wouldn’t allow blood to appear in any trailer “approved for all audiences,” but Stanley Kubrick managed to get a trailer comprised solely of the elevator scene passed by convincing the board the tsunami of blood was rusty water.

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vPbK7 TIL Rick James & Neil Young were in a band together (the Mynah Birds). A 16yo James was in Canada avoiding military duty, & got saved from a fight by Levon Helm, who introduced him to the music scene. He only played w/ Young for 6 months, til their crooked manager ratted out James, who was jailed
b9VQ7 TIL an imprisoned pimp sued Nike for $100 million in 2014, claiming that Nike should have warned him his Air Jordans were a dangerous weapon in disguise before he stomped on a man's face. The judge dismissed the case, but Nike still had to pay $1,456 in legal fees for their 90-second defense.
6Em17 TIL that Wendy Carlos is not only the pioneer of EM (soundtracks composed include Clockwork Orange and The Shining) but also an inspiration for the LGTBQ community as the first trans woman to come out publically.
N7reP TIL almost all coins used in Israel today are based on ancient designs found in archeological digs. The Bank of Israel actually mints coins that are designed to look like ancient Israeli coins from antiquity.
v1Jo8 TIL that Ronald Reagan was so indelibly type-cast as the 'great loser' in films that when Jack Warner, movie magnate and his longtime employer, was first apprised of the actor's ambition to run for Governor of California, he protested: "No, Jimmy Stewart for Governor. Ronald Reagan for Best Friend."