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TIL the original Spy Kids movie has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

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jNyjv TIL "The Deer Hunter" in 1978 was the first film to use Oscars as a marketing tool. Being too depressing for the box office, it did screenings for film critics and Academy members. It gained nine nominations and won Best Picture, and then that was used to make it a commercial success.
d8PD8 TIL that Apple doesn't let villains use iPhones in the movies????
wyn1 TIL after being knocked to the ground, called a racial epithet and spat on, Jerry LeVias took himself out of the game. After being consoled by his coach he said “Coach, I’m going to run it back for a touchdown.”. He outran everybody for an 89-yard touchdown that won the game.
l4ja TIL that when Noam Chomsky was asked to demonstrate his point that sentences could be grammatical yet nonsensical, he came up with the sentence: “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.”
8e7MP TIL Gouverneur Morris, one of the Founding Fathers, died after he had caused himself internal injuries and an infection while using a piece of whalebone as a catheter in an attempt to clear a blockage in his urinary tract.