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13 Movie-Related And Other Arcane Facts

The world can be a strange place. Even the most mundane, uninteresting, daily items might reveal a strange connection you were unaware of.

What person doesn't enjoy a good mystery? Surreal, creepy, and occasionally just plain strange facts abound in the world. Although many of these strange occurrences have reasonable justification, many remain a mystery. From the comfort of your own home, enjoy a virtual view of some of the world's oddest facts as we examine the physics, tales, ideas, and legends around them.

Filmmaking may be full of unexpected twists and turns. Some were planned, while others happened by chance. Many of these make it to the big screen, while others remain unnoticed as forgotten pieces of film history.

For example, the Jurassic Park movies have yet to feature Chris Pratt facing an Ubirajara Jubatus, much to our collective dismay. Continue scrolling for more information about this magnificent dinosaur, as well as 12 other items...

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The look of Total Recall's villain was an accident. When actor Ronny Cox was being fitted for a mask they needed for a visual effect, they slicked bac

Source: SyFy

12

Dairy Queen is in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 as a throwback to James Gunn's childhood. DO Grill Chill Gunn put it there to evoke the memory of being yo

Source: FilmSchoolRejects

11

The Godfather IT's golden telephone scene is based on a real event. In the movie, the UTT Corporation gave Cuba's dictator Fulgencio Batista a golden

Source: AMC

10

Composer Hans Zimmer had a big hand in shaping Interstellar. Christopher Nolan asked Zimmer to write a short composition based on a one-page short sto

Source: The Guardian

9

In the early '90s, an Arkansas man put up a 6-acre Christmas display. tftt Jennings Osborne's display had 3.5 million lights illuminating angels, rein

Source: Baltimore Sun

8

In December 1862, General Grant banned Jews from the Tennessee district. Jews were engaged in war profiteering by trading cotton on the black market,

Source: Equal Justice Initiative

7

In Borneo, there are toxic exploding ants. When a swarm of these ants is attacked, some of them bite down on the attacker, swing their backsides close

Source: National Geographic

6

We can recycle glass and metal forever. The quality of plastic keeps dropping as it gets recycled over and over -- but metal and glass keep their qual

Source: National Geographic

5

A super-bizarre dinosaur lived 110 million years ago in what's now Brazil. Ubirajara jubatus had two legs, an incredibly long feathery mane, and two w

Source: The Guardian

4

There was a female astronaut training program in the '60s. The Mercury 13 program was run by William Randolph Lovelace I, the doctor who also ran the

Source: Cnet

3

Until 1993, French parents had to pick baby names from a list. In 1993, the government finally allowed parents to name their kids what they want, but

Source: The Local

2

Jose Salvador Alvarenga survived for 438 days on a 23-foot fishing boat. He and Ezequiel Cordoba left Mexico for a deep-sea fishing trip, and got swep

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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Tim Burton wanted Billy Dee Williams as Harvey Dent in Batman for a really bizarre reason. Two-Face would have shown up in a sequel, and Burton says h

Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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