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TIL Harvey Weinstein insisted on cuts to a film and when the director refused, reduced the release to only 8 theaters nationwide. The film went on to 95% Fresh rating and dozens of critics’ annual top 10 lists. The film: “Snowpiercer”

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9Y0V7 TIL of Rusik, a Russian police cat. He was adopted by customs officers and sniffed vehicles and travellers for poached sturgeon roe. Rusik was later hit by a car he had previously found sturgeon in. Police suspected it was a revenge killing, due to how effective Rusik was at uncovering contraband.
mxbRO TIL the original story of Aladdin was based in China, was not an actual Arabian Night folk tale and was considered controversial for multiple reasons
yQp1a TIL That hockey legend Wayne Gretzky had a cameo on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. As a huge soap opera fan in 1981, Gretzky made a cameo on the daytime show as a mafia boss. His one line was, “I’m Wayne from the Edmonton operation.”
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