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X0vY8 TIL James Gunn hosted a reality show about the next Scream Queen in a horror film, and eliminated a contestant uncomfortable with performing a sexual scene.
a81Bo TIL the first words ever spoken in a feature film were, “Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” — delivered by Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer (1927).
JKMj TIL that when mafia strongman Johnny Stompanato barged onto a live movie set, jealous over rumours involving his girlfriend Lana Turner, and pointed a gun at Sean Connery, Connery took the gun from him and chased him from the studio.
W7Qp9 TIL that many iconic artefacts previously discovered at Titanic's wreck site, such as the ship's crow's nest, mast, promenade deck and Captain Smith's bathtub, have already disintegrated or disappeared entirely; documentary film-making and dive tourism have been blamed as expediting the decay.
OKVe TIL: the word “thug” comes from Thuggees, who were professional robbers and murderers that terrorized India for 600 years. They were eventually destroyed by the British