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TIL that the iconic death's-head hawkmoth from The Silence of the Lambs couldn't be used in filming because it was too cold, so they glued skull decals on tobacco horn worm moths, instead.

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ANQJw TIL about Garry Hoy. A Canadian Lawyer who tried to demonstrate that skyscraper windows at his law firm were in fact unbreakable by slamming himself into a window in front of a group of students. The Window frame gave way and he fell 24 floors to his death. The glass did not break.
LQyKd TIL that Marlon Brando, who was a tech geek and an ace at ‘90s photoshop, loved to jokingly photoshop photos of his friends in random places. Brando was an early user of CoSa After Effects, the post-production program used for green screen and other effects work, which was eventually sold to Adobe.
7rblr TIL Chuck Norris created his own fight discipline called Chun Kuk Do, which includes a 12 step Code of Honor
A1vw TIL that a 14 year old boy broke into Queen Victoria’s Buckingham Palace while disguised as a chimney sweep and then ran off with her underwear.
VMOPZ TIL that the movie Benji (2018) was made by Blumhouse Productions (the company known for its low budget horror movies like Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and the most recent Halloween).