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TIL That The Inventor of the Pringles Can, Fredric Baur, Was So Proud of His Design That He Was Partially Buried in One

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b64nj TIL David Cronenberg's early horror film, The Brood, was his answer to the optimistic divorce drama Kramer vs. Kramer released the same year. He also intentionally cast the main couple in the film to resemble Cronenberg and his wife. He considered it his "most cathartically satisfying film."
eEV5 TIL during the shooting of The Blues Brothers, cocaine was included as part of the movie’s budget.
Y7aKG TIL that some mattresses contain inhalable fiberglass fragments which can have adverse health impacts such as lung irritation and damage.
P18mE TIL of Solomon Islander Jacob C. Vouza. During WW2, he was captured by the Japanese during the Guadalcanal Campaign, tied to a tree, bayoneted, and left for dead. He then chewed through the ropes with his teeth and made his way to American lines warning them about an impending attack. He survived.
p86XA TIL that Killdozer (Marvin Heemeyer) made an album called 'Last Action Hero'