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TIL that Alien was based on a comedy film written by its screenwriter Dan O'Bannon called Dark Star, featuring an alien that was just a painted beach ball with rubber claws attached. He eventually started imagining what Dark Star would look like as a horror film.

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N5Z1 TIL in the movie Fight Club, when Edward Norton punches Brad Pitt in the in the ear, it was a real punch, instigated by director David Fincher
l7xZG TIL, Water intoxication can happen if you drink too much water too fast and can be deadly
LQ6vQ TIL in 1972 a note left in a locker at JFK Airport demanded payment or bombs would go off on 4 TWA planes leaving that day. Police found one bomb but cleared the other TWA flights. The next day a bomb exploded on a TWA plane at McCarran Airport in Vegas - it was one of the planes cleared to leave NY
LQXP0 TIL that the relationship between Jimmy and Charles McGill on Better Call Saul was inspired by prolific cartoonist Robert Crumb’s relationship with his older brother, also called Charles, who became a shut-in due to mental illness. Like Jimmy, Robert’s career was inspired by his brother’s.
X0EWr TIL: In 1990s, some Chinese villages grew economically by widespread selling of blood, leading to many HIV deaths