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TIL of a Danish short film made in 1992 called “Gayniggers from Outer Space.” It follows a group of intergalactic homosexual black men from the planet Anus.

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AD5Dx TIL, Whiplash (2014), was shot in 19 days, with a schedule of 14 hours of filming per day. Also, Chazelle (Director) was involved in a serious car accident in the third week of shooting and was hospitalized with possible concussion, but he returned to set the next day to finish the film on time.
RX41 TIL that, in 1987, a construction worker in the U.S. state of Maine became the 5th Earl of Wharncliffe in England upon the death of his father’s second cousin, the 4th Earl.
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