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TIL that in the film Blue Lagoon, Brooke Shields had to walk in shallow trenches because she is almost 178 cm (5'10) while Christopher Atkins is just 167 cm (around 5'6). He later described the experience as "like having the Statue of Liberty standing beside me".

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