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TIL that Lea Thompson (Back to the Future) studied ballet as a girl & danced professionally by the age of 14, winning multiple prestigious scholarships. Told she did not have the right body to become a prima ballerina by Mikhail Baryshnikov himself, she changed her focus to acting.

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VM6y4 TIL that in the 1987 film Predator, the monster was originally designed to look like a giant bug-eyed lizard thing and was actually played by Jean-Claude Van Damme. The monster scenes were later reshot with the new predator designed by Stan Winston.
YpbVx TIL John Cazale only appeared in 5 films throughout his career, each one was nominated for best picture.
GYP8J TIL Casey Kasem declined to reprise his role as Shaggy in "Scooby Doo on Zombie Island" because he had recently gone vegan and wanted that reflected in the character, which was not upheld. This resulted in Billy West's one and only credit for portraying Shaggy.
JYm7l TIL the Beatles LP "Yesterday and Today" originally featured a cover depicting the band laughing while covered in mutilated and decapitated baby dolls. The cover was intended as a Vietnam protest, with Lennon saying "If the public can accept something as cruel as the war, they can accept this cover"
P1dkg Today I learned that in the debut single of famous rapper Juice WRLD, "All Girls Are The Same," he compares himself to legendary musician John Lennon, inciting how both of them are jealous guys. He coincidentally died on the same day as him, December 8th, but 39 years after Lennon died in 1980.