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TIL why some people seem to have no personality.

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rREBx TIL that Bolaji Badejo, the 6'10 man who played the alien in Alien (1979) didn't audition for the role but was casted by the film's casting agent Peter Ardram, Ardram casted Badejo in a London pub, since he was looking for a tall and thin man to fit the role. This was Badejo's first acting role
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GYJNG TIL of the 'Voyager Golden Records' - phonograph records attached to both Voyager spacecraft. The records contain sounds and images e.g. waves breaking, chosen to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form who may find them.