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TIL Mathematicians at London’s King’s College used statistical modeling in a study commissioned by Sky Movies to conclude that The Shining was the “perfect scary movie” due to a proper balance of various ingredients including shock value, suspense, gore and size of the cast

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JYD6B TIL that Dolly Parton wrote 'I Will Always Love You' about the man that launched her career by having her on his TV show 'The Porter Wagoner Show.' Eventually, Dolly told him she was parting ways with him in 1974 to go solo and he was very hurt and got bitter. She wrote it as an "I'm sorry."
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ageJ TIL that Stephen King has directed one film, the horrendously received Maximum Overdrive. King said he was “coked out of [his] mind all through its production, and [he] really didn’t know what [he] was doing” and that he never intended to direct a movie again.
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