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TIL in the movie Halloween the studio had such a small budget, they had to use the cheapest mask they could find. It was a $2 William Shatner mask that they spray painted white.

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5BYr TIL on two separate occasions, Keanu Reeves has had a female stalker break into his home. The second stalker undressed, took a shower, and then swam naked in his swimming pool.
MnBb TIL when Nintendo had a fall in revenue from the less successful Wii U its CEO cut his pay in half for 5 months rather than blame workers
ADXLo TIL In 1983, UK, a man confessed to murder of his wife 2 decades ago after a human skull was found behind his house, only for carbon dating to discover that the skull was actually 1700 years old, while his wife's body were never found. He tried to revoke his confession and failed.
vlND TIL the author of the book Eragon, Christopher Paolini, started writing the book at age 14. It placed on the New York Times Children’s Books Best Seller list for 121 weeks.
gMbZy TIL Seltzer water was invented in 1740 by William Brownrigg but never published. Joseph Priestley invented it independently and on accident in 1767 at a brewery in Leeds, England.