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TIL that, despite directing the movie MAS*H, Robert Altman earned less from the movie than his 15yo son, who co-wrote the title song "Suicide is Painless," did, earning him more than $1 million compared to Robert's $70,000.

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GBvE TIL movie previews were originally shown at the end of a film, trailing the main feature. This is why movie previews are called “trailers.”
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loA9B TIL about the Polish Operation of the NKVD (Soviet security police) in ‘37-38, which was an anti-Polish mass ethnic cleansing operation carried out in the USSR, ordered by the Politburo, resulting in the sentencing of 139,835 people, and summary executions of 111,091 Poles.
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