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TIL that Disney filming crews push Lemmings down the cliff

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x6J4w TIL that “Big in Japan” was written by Alphaville’s lead singer about two of his junkie friends. "That line has a certain meaning…. 'I'm not a loser because in Japan I'm really big.' It's the lie of the loser and it fit perfectly into the story of these junkies, in a very tragic way…”
pENe TIL that the 1997 film Titanic, adjusted for inflation, still cost more to make than the actual ship itself in 1909.
dXME TIL The Rolling Stones own 100% of the royalties to the Verve’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” making it the most profitable Stones song of the last 20 years.
lvw5 TIL There is a rare Japanese game on the PS1 called LSD: Dream Emulator
e0yB5 TIL King Norodom is credited for saving Cambodia from disappearing altogether. In 1863, to prevent the two powerful neighbours, Vietnam and Siam from swallowing Cambodia altogether, he was invited by France to make Cambodia its protectorate