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Arts & Entertainment In 1888, Richard Mansfield played Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in a stage production at a time when Jack the Ripper was murdering women. A theatre-goer wrote to the police accusing him of the murders because his stage transformation from a gentleman to mad killer was so convincing. October 20, 2020 -
Arts & Entertainment The Simpsons episode "Itchy and Scratchy Land," was written in response to new, stringent censorship laws that were being put in place at the time. Fox had tried to prevent the inclusion of Itchy and Scratchy cartoons in the show, prompting the writers to make the episode as violent as possible. October 17, 2020 -
Arts & Entertainment There is shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark, which took three Mississippi teenagers seven years to make, starting when they were just twelve years old and made on a budget of $5000. Steven Spielberg later wrote to the filmmakers, calling the boys' achievement an inspiration. October 14, 2020 -
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Arts & Entertainment Chess Grand Master Ossip Bernstein was arrested by the Bolshevik secret police and ordered to be shot. As the firing squad lined up, an officer asked if he was really the famous chess master. The officer made Bernstein play a game for his life against him. Bernstein won easily and was released. June 10, 2019 -
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Arts & Entertainment Matt Leblanc, before he was cast in Friends, was told by a photographer to go to a dentist and file a tooth as it was longer. Matt couldn't afford $80 for the dentist as he only had $11 left to his name, so he bought 3 packs of emery boards (Nail files) and filed the tooth himself. May 27, 2019 -
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Arts & Entertainment Fat Bottom Girls and Bicycle Race by Queen were released together on a double A-sided single, and refer to each other. Near the end of Fat Bottomed Girls, Mercury shouts, "Get on your bikes and ride!" Bicycle Race reciprocates with the lyric "fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today." May 21, 2019 -
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Arts & Entertainment The Pixar film Coco, which features the spirits of dead family members, got past China's censors with 0 cuts. In China, superstition is taboo due to the belief spiritual forces could undermine people's faith in the communist party. The censors were so moved by the film, they gave it a full pass. May 16, 2019 -
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