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TIL A two-page glossary of key terms and phrases was handed out to moviegoers in select screenings of Dune. Universal assumed that the extensive lore and mythology of David Lynch's adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel would be lost on audiences unfamiliar with it's universe

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