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TIL that Michael Keaton only had 17 minutes of screen time even though the movie was called "Beetlejuice."

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W7v7Y TIL Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa designed Kazakhstan's new capital city of Astana with enormous pavilion space, hotels, and art venues. Even though the city has glitzy architecture and skyscrapers, the average resident only makes $450 a month
0wEgj TIL Billy Idol was James Cameron's first choice for the role of T-1000 in Terminator 2 but was recast due to a motorcycle accident
QJBa6 TIL that the science of bite-mark comparisons, ballistic comparisons, fingerprint matching, blood-spatter analysis, arson investigation and other common forensic techniques have been tainted by systematic error, cognitive bias (tunnel vision) and little or no research or data to support it.
wLGB6 TIL that Lemmings do not commit mass suicide, it is a myth started by a 1958 Disney film "White Wilderness" that includes footage of producers throwing Lemmings off a cliff
Zjjp TIL that the colour orange was named after the fruit orange, not the other way around.