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690jZ TIL that once during a party at his mansion in New Orleans, Nick Cage revealed his two-headed snake, Harvey, after Harvey Dent. Among the crowd in attendance was Werner Herzog who insisted the snake be in his next film. Cage replied “No, I’m not putting it into the movie because this is personal.”
awRg9 TIL that Columbia Pictures' contract with the Three Stooges shut the actors out of royalties. Instead, despite headlining in 190 comedy shorts, the Stooges made much of their money doing live shows. When show business slowed down, lead Stooge Moe Howard sold real estate.
0XbA TIL Michael Jackson invented and patented a shoe that allows the wearer to pull off the anti-gravity lean illusion used in his video for “Smooth Criminal” and during live performances.
m1wKp TIL that a small part of spain whas ruled by ex-slavic slaves who became Muslims, becoming the most western slavic state for a short time
0wnyL TIL in 2008, McDonald's Japan paid 1,000 people to wait in line for the release of the Quarter Pounder in Osaka. People were paid $10 an hour to do this. 15,000 people gathered at the restaurant due to the fake crowd which caused people to accuse the company of trickery.