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aREM TIL in the Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch’s makeup was toxic and copper-based, so her face remained green for weeks after they finished shooting.
XLK6 TIL IBMs Super-Computer Watson invented the term ‘wang-bang’ when it did not know the correct name for a “boxing hit that lands below the belt” on a game of Jeopardy.
0M9A TIL in the movie Cast Away, when asked what was in the FedEx package Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) left unopened, director Robert Zemeckis replied that it was a waterproof, solar-powered satellite phone.
R7wx6 TIL the cast of Glee has 207 Billboard Hot 100 hits
b9ON0 TIL The dizziness and blurred vision (feeling of fainting) caused by suddenly standing up after a long time is called Orthostatic Hypotension. Because of gravity, your blood will fall to your lower body which causes your Thorax (chest area) and head to temporarily lose 700ml of blood.