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TIL Howard Hughes’ “The Conqueror” was filmed on a nuclear test site, causing 91 cast and crew members to develop cancer. This is thought to be responsible for the deaths of John Wayne, Susan Hayward, director Dick Powell and others. It would be Hughes’ last movie.

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