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TIL James Cameron’s first big break was as a production designer on Roger Corman’s Battle Beyond the Stars (1980). Because of the tight budget Cameron used materials like McDonald’s containers for sets and spent weeks with little sleep. His special effects were the best received part of the film.
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TIL Cyril Radcliffe was given only five weeks to draw the borders between the newly independent India and Pakistan. Additionally the English Radcliffe had never been further east than Paris when he was chosen for the job. 14 million people had to move as a result of Radcliffe’s borders.
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TIL that a trio of drunken boys decided to sail out to sea looking for a girl they saw at a sports competition event. They ended up sailing for more than seven weeks and drifted 1300 km off course before being rescued by a tuna boat. They all survived by drinking beer, eating coconuts and a bird.
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TIL The only children to survive the Titanic without a parent were two brothers aged 2 and 4. Their father kidnapped them from his ex-wife and boarded the ship with a fake name. The father didn’t survive and for weeks the boys were known as the Titanic Orphans until their mother was found.
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TIL Johnny Yong Bosch became a voice actor by accident. He had to dub over his lines for a film after an audio production issue and a producer said he had a good “hero voice” and asked him to audition for an animation. A few weeks after that audition he booked the role of Vash in the anime Trigun.
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