› added 2 years ago

93

TIL Alfred Hitchcock planned for a suspenseful chase scene at Disneyland for his upcoming project "The Blind Man", but Walt Disney refused because Hitchcock made "that disgusting movie Psycho" and forbid him to film his projects anywhere in the park.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

8eY4 TIL During the filming of the first shower scene in “American Psycho”, all of the women on set gathered around to watch Christian Bale wash himself.
PbYE TIL A bank in Utah was made using parcel post delivered bricks, around one ton of bricks sent a day. After the building was completed, the regulations were changed, with the post office claiming “It is not the intent of the post office that buildings be sent through mail.”
b9BwZ TIL The original Icelandic male settlers were 60-80% Norse and a similar percentage of Women were Gaelic from Ireland and Scotland.
PR8w TIL that the towers shown during the Playstation 2’s startup represented games played, one for every game. Tower height was the game’s playtime.
v1EGB TIL that the Secret Service agent who saved President Reagan's life joined the Secret Service after seeing a movie starring Ronald Reagan as a Secret Service Agent.