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TIL that Wes Craven placed a torn poster of Jaws in the background of The Hills Have Eyes to communicate to the audience that he believed his movie was much scarier. Later, Sam Raimi places a torn poster of The Hills Have Eyes in The Evil Dead to communicate the same message towards Craven

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w7Ao TIL The episode “Heart of Ice,” from Batman: The Animated Series, won an Emmy award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program. It was the series’ second Emmy award (out of the 4 that it won).
D6j TIL Nicolas Cage earned $20 Million for playing Superman, even though he never actually played Superman…
wRPP TIL Alexander II, Emperor of Russia sold Alaska to the USA fearing it will fall to British hands.
8jeb TIL that during a battle of the Korean War, a mortar section was running out of mortar rounds. Instead of ordering more rounds, they accidentally ordered hundreds of crates of Tootsie Rolls, having not specified that “tootsie rolls” was a slang term for mortar rounds.
b9d84 TIL about 'the Tridge', a three legged wooden footbridge that spans the confluence of the Chippewa and Tittabawassee Rivers in Chippewassee Park in Midland, Michigan. The three legs span out to Chippewassee Park, St. Charles Park and the Farmer's Market areas.