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TIL a camera losded with 8mm film was discovered in a farmer’s field in Michigan. The film depicted a man lying in the street in a pool of blood. The FBI soon discovered the footage had been intended for use in a music video… and the corpse” was none other than NIN founder Trent Reznor.

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