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TIL that filmmakers and prop creators don't actually do their research

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4E5a TIL In Old English the word “man” was originally gender neutral, encompassing all human beings, while the word for man was “wer” as in “werewolf”
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v1Nd8 TIL that Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston made a video guide for Microsoft about how to use Windows 95
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kyaW TIL that Marvel’s first movie, Howard The Duck, bombed at the box office. It cost an estimated $37 million, and grossed under $38 million internationally, netting under $1 million.