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TIL that Stephen King Wanted John Candy To Play The Lead in his movie adaption of Thinner (1996)

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VjXZ TIL: To get Gene Hackman to shave off his mustache for the role of Lex Luthor in ‘Superman’, director Richard Donner promised to shave off his own mustache. After Gene had his removed, Donner revealed his was a fake one from the makeup department.
OoOl4 TIL microwave ovens DON’T heat food using the “resonant frequency” of water. They work by causing polar molecules (water is one, and so are some fats) to rotate back and forth quickly in an oscillating electromagnetic field, producing molecular vibrations (heat).
9YdG6 TIL Sir David Attenborough is the only person to win a BAFTA for a programme in black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K.
RPLa TIL Vincent Van Gogh did not complete his first major work of art until 5 years before his death, and that his body of work went mostly unnoticed until after his suicide.
nWmw7 TIL the earliest known Sherlock Holmes film is a parody where a thief steals from him