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TIL in Washington State, it is illegal to kill Bigfoot/Sasquatch... despite it being a fictional species.

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W7yNd TIL the set for the 1989 movie "The Abyss" was constructed inside an abandoned nuclear power plant, modified to hold water. When filming wrapped, the set was just left there rather than deconstructed. It remained there until 2007 when it was finally demolished.
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