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TIL the Pioneer plaque man and woman were originally intended to be shown holding hands, but Carl Sagan soon realized that an extraterrestrial might perceive them as a single creature rather than two organisms.

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6EDnJ TIL Walt Disney originally considered building Disney World in New Orleans, but instead turned it down because he found out that "Florida offered Disney everything while Louisiana’s politicians demanded everything" by jacking up prices for the planned area
AD9Qd TIL sleep deprivation beyond 24 hours causes visual, auditory and sensory hallucinations, progressing to psychosis
vRAr TIL that Jim Carrey ended up marrying the actress that played Mary Swanson in Dumb & Dumber. So you’re sayin there’s a chance…
abGM TIL Shirley Temple wasn’t told of her friend and fellow actress Dorothy Dell’s death until moments before filming a crying scene
LQyd TIL that in the interrogation scene of The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger wanted Christian Bale to beat him as hard as he could so he could get the real feeling of what was required from the scene.