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TIL The success of Rollerball (1975) led to promoters wanting to buy the rights to the in-film sport. The director, Norman Jewison, was outraged as the movie was to show the "sickness and insanity of contact sports and their allure."

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Kvlw TIL that in the first translation of the New Testament into the modern Scots language, published in 1983, Satan speaks Standard English.
x6J4w TIL that “Big in Japan” was written by Alphaville’s lead singer about two of his junkie friends. "That line has a certain meaning…. 'I'm not a loser because in Japan I'm really big.' It's the lie of the loser and it fit perfectly into the story of these junkies, in a very tragic way…”
b95dZ TIL of Jack Ryan, who worked on designing medium range missiles for the Pentagon before joining Mattel and working on designing the initial Barbie doll and Hot Wheels cars
JYmXv TIL that not only is there a difference between male and female tanks, with male tanks having, at the smallest, six-pound guns while female tanks have smaller, typically machine guns, but the French had a tank class called ‘dream of virgin’ in French
nWxY9 TIL about Samuel Bayer, who was the videographer for some of the most famous music videos. Some of his works include Smells Like Teen Spirit, American Idiot, Welcome to the Black Parade, Payphone, and so many more