Madison McGee
11 Utterly Terrifying Facts And Behind The Scenes Stories From Classic Horror Movies
In the movie The Poltergeist, JoBeth Williams's character falls into a swimming pool full of bones. It turns out that the filmmakers thought making prop bones was too expensive, so they decided to use real human bones in the scene, but chose not to tell Williams that she was swimming in actual human remains until shooting wrapped on the scene.
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20 Facts I Learned This Week That Truly Shook Me To My Core
This might be a key piece of evidence in the debate over whether candy corn is actually good or not. Candy corn contains both gelatin and confectioner's glaze. Gelatin is often made of animal hide and bones, while the confectioner's glaze is made from secretions from the lac bug, a parasite that protects itself by emitting a waxy, waterproof coating.
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18 Fascinating Details Tom Felton Revealed About Playing Draco Malfoy, His Relationships With His "Harry Potter" Castmates, And His Post-Potter Career In His New Memoir, "Beyond The Wand"
Tom Felton said there were rumors that he and Emma Watson were more than friends. "I don’t think I was ever in love with Emma, but I loved and admired her as a person in a way that I could never explain to anybody else," he said.
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Netflix's "The Watcher" Has Everyone Talking — Here Are 15 Truly Creepy Facts About The Real Crime That Inspired The Series
One of The Watcher's letters advised the family not to let their young children play in the basement. "I would [be] very afraid if I were them. It is far away from the rest of the house. If you were upstairs you would never hear them scream."
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Michael Jackson Removed "Dirty Diana" From His London Concert Out Of Respect For Princess Diana, And 19 Other Truly Fascinating Facts I Stumbled Upon This Week
When Nike was developing its Cortez shoe in 1967, they wanted to name it the Aztec in honor of the 1968 Olympics, which were being held in Mexico. The issue? Adidas already had a sneaker called the Azteca Gold, and were prepared to sue Nike. Instead, Nike pivoted to naming the shoe the Cortez, after the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs.
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13 Royal Scandals That Are So Shocking, They'll Have You Thinking, "God Help The King"
When Princess Diana died in 1997, Queen Elizabeth II faced intense backlash for her lack of response. The British press released papers with headlines including "Show Us You Care." The queen finally spoke up nearly a week later, and said her family was hurt that people thought she was "indifferent" about Diana's death. She even delivered her first live special announcement in over 50 years to pay tribute to Diana.
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24 Harsh Truths That People Think Americans Aren't Ready To Hear But Probably Should
"Your obsession with lawns is weird. Let native plants grow where they need to grow. Grass isn't prettier than your local flora."
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21 Shocking, Surprising, And Downright Unforgettable Facts I Learned This Week
As a young child, Bruno Mars performed as an Elvis impersonator. Mars got his start at just 4 years old, when he performed at his father's rock-and-roll revue. Mars even appeared in both a 1989 documentary called Viva Elvis that showcased impersonators from around the world and in the 1992 movie Honeymoon in Vegas starring Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker.
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13 Deeply Personal Details And Stories Constance Wu Shared In Her New Memoir, "Making A Scene"
"They say that 'success' will be when our Asian-ness isn’t a part of the story, when we get cast in 'non-stereotypical' roles. I do not subscribe to this idea of success. That career ethos, that desire to shut down Asian stereotypes, is a reaction to a Hollywood standard that was created by people who do not know us.”
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101 Interesting Facts I Learned In September 2022 That Shocked And Surprised Me
In 1917, the British royal family renounced all of their ties to Germany and decided to change their name to "Windsor." Prior to this, the royals didn't have a public last name, although the British National Archives said they used "Wettin" as their formal name. Before landing on Windsor, names like "Tudor-Stewart," "Plantagenet," "York," "Lancaster," "D’Este," "Fitzroy," and even "England" were considered.
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I Won't Be Forgetting Any Of These 18 Shocking, Surprising, And Utterly Fascinating Facts Any Time Soon
Jupiter's four largest moons are called the Galilean moons, and were named after the Roman god Jupiter's extramarital lovers. In 2016, a NASA spacecraft reached Jupiter to monitor the moons. The kicker? They cleverly named the spacecraft Juno, after Jupiter's wife, sending her to check in on her cheating husband.
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21 Incredibly Fascinating Things I Learned This Week That Sent Me Down Several Rabbit Holes
Back in the days of the Great Plague of London, farting in a jar was seen as a lifesaving measure. In 1655, doctors believed that the plague was a deadly air vapor that was caught by breathing in the atmosphere. They reasoned that if people smelled something equally potent, then it might lessen their chances of actually getting sick. People began farting in jars and keeping them at the ready to smell to ward off illness.
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The Truth About Marilyn Monroe And The Kennedys, The Reason Why Hugh Hefner Is Buried Next To The Actor, And 19 Other Fascinating Facts And Stories About The Life Of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn allegedly told her friends that she had a thing for older men. In the 1940s, Marilyn and actor Shelley Winters were roommates. The duo made a list of men they wanted to sleep with. According to Winters, there was no one under 50 years old on Marilyn's list. "I never got to ask her before she died how much of her list she had achieved, but on her list was Albert Einstein, and after her death, I noticed that there was a silver-framed photograph of him on her white piano."
Madison McGee
Will Ferrell, Meghan Markle, And 27 Other Celebrities You Might Not Have Known Were Members Of Fraternities And Sororities In College
Michael Jordan balanced playing college basketball with being a member of Omega Psi Phi at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. In 2021, Nike released Air Jordans called the 1 High OG Brotherhood to pay homage to Jordan's fraternity.
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It's Banned Books Week, And Chances Are, Your Favorite Book Is On This List Of Books That Have Been Banned For Absolutely Absurd Reasons
In 1987, Where's Waldo? was banned because one reader spotted a partially topless woman in one of the pictures. The book even landed on the list of the 100 most banned books between 1990 and 2000.
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20 Truly Fascinating Things I Learned This Week That I Won't Be Forgetting Any Time Soon
Prince Edward, Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son, was a huge fan of the movie Shakespeare in Love, in which Colin Firth portrayed a fictional royal named Lord Wessex. When he got married in 1999, Edward asked his mother if he could take the title of Earl of Wessex because of the movie. She obliged, and now Edward and his wife Sophie are known as the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
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13 Emmys Scandals And Shocking Moments That Are Probably Deserving Of An Award For Most Dramatic Performance
During an improvised skit, Heidi Klum pretended to swoon in an unsuspecting Tom Bergeron's arms. Bergeron accidentally dropped Klum and she fell to the floor, resulting in a pretty nasty bruise that the pair showed off backstage.
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20 Facts I Learned This Week That Truly Shocked And Surprised Me
Before hitting it big as an actor, Jon Hamm taught drama and acting classes for a year at his former high school in St. Louis. One of his students was Ellie Kemper, who went on to star in The Office. Kemper said that all of the students in her improv class loved him. The pair went on to work together several times, with Kemper saying that it felt as if Hamm was "grading me on some level."
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21 Shocking, Surprising, And Truly Unforgettable Facts I Learned This Week
During World War II, many everyday products like toilet paper were rationed for soldiers. British soldiers only got three sheets of toilet paper a day, while American soldiers received a whopping 22 sheets in comparison.
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The Controversy Behind The Fake Band Burger King Created To Promote Chicken Fries, And 82 More Truly Fascinating Things I Learned In August
George Clooney bought a pet potbellied pig that he named Max. Max was soon spotted on some of Clooney's movie sets, and the actor allegedly refused to give up the pig when given an ultimatum in not one, but two relationships. Max died in 2006 at age 18, with Clooney calling their bond "my longest relationship to date."
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