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TIL that Matthew McConaughey has been teaching filmmaking at UT Austin since 2016.

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pYG0p TIL scenes from the 1976 film Rocky such as the carcass-punching scenes and Rocky running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art are based on events in Joe Frazier's real life. Frazier makes a cameo appearance in the film as a spectator at the fight between Rocky and Apollo Creed.
a87A9 TIL over 100 capstones of ancient Egyptian pyramids have been found. Most date from the New Kingdom onward, when building pyramids had stopped being a royal privilege.
R7EY8 TIL that footage is called footage because film used to be measured in feet.
JYYgV TIL that the handshake originated as a way of showing that you didn't have a weapon
nmgb Today I learned that the US Military’s suicide rate surpassed combat deaths in 2012