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The film industry is certainly known for its share of surprises. Whether we’re talking about obscure movie Easter eggs or the greatest behind-the-scenes facts, there are plenty of secrets that are not visible to the naked eye. And they would probably stay hidden if not for cinema aficionados who seek to know the ins and outs of the business.

Enter Film Facts, a Twitter account that’s purely dedicated to sharing details about all things cinema. From thoughts shared by the cast and crew to giant props and torturous makeup processes, this page is the place to learn the lesser-known facts about the craft.

Bored Panda has collected some of the best posts from this account, so make sure to check them out below and upvote the most interesting ones. Lights! Camera! Action!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's something a lot of people don't understand about cancer, is that it can last for YEARS. There are some forms that will carry a person off in a matter of months, but others that can be fought for years as Boseman had to. I've even heard of people battling with hemotological cancers for 15-20 years. And a person with these cancers has to go on with their life the whole time, raising children and earning a living, maybe even having the kind of success he did, while dealing with cancer the whole time. We just never know what other people are going through.

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It’s no surprise that there are so many cinema lovers who appreciate movies by watching them over and over again. Films have the magical power of pressing pause on our everyday problems and carrying us into distant worlds, full of the most interesting characters and fantastic scenarios. 

If you also consider yourself to be a true movie expert, you should definitely take a look at the Film Facts Twitter account. They take some of the best never-before-heard details about cinema and share them online with more than 251.6K of their followers. 

These tidbits of information are not only cool to know for your weekly trivia nights or for impressing your friends and family members. When you’re presented with a quick question, you need to be able to pull that information from your memory or try to connect the dots and think of a possible answer. Learning new things and being able to put them into context helps to keep your mind sharp and healthy.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You forgot to mention she is a professional video editor, which makes a huge difference as a lot of experience and software knowledge is required for this job. From text it sounds like she never edited any film before

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Some people tend to dismiss learning new and interesting facts as a waste of time because today you can find any information you need with just a few Google searches. However, when a person is asked a trivia question that they know the answer to, they suddenly perk up and feel engaged. 

One of the reasons behind this is simply that answering a trivia question provides us with a thrill. “You get a rush or a neuroreward signal or a dopamine burst from winning,” John Kounios, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Drexel University in Pennsylvania, told Healthline

“I think whenever you’re challenged with a trivia question and you happen to know it, you get a rush. It’s sort of like gambling.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bet the douchbags who sent competent talented people to work on Shrek to punish them were mad af, their little power trip turned against them

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For anyone who’s wondering if you have to be smart on many different levels to be good at answering quiz questions, Kounios said that people aren’t necessarily better at trivia games just because they’re more educated. “Some people soak up facts,” he continued. “Plenty of people with a lot more education may not remember what they had for breakfast yesterday morning.”

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“In typical people, my observation, not backed up by any research, is that their interest in trivia is confined to topics that they are generally interested in,” the professor added. “So if a person is very interested in history, then they may either seek out history trivia, or they might just naturally pick it up in the course of learning about nontrivial aspects of history.”

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i think i've found my new hero :D 19 ice cones! i want to try this..

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How can an actor carry on with a fight scene, when they're laughing?

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When it comes to films, learning new things about them can keep you motivated, confident, and always curious. So whether you’re a cinema expert or a novice, this Twitter account will definitely assist you in getting those brain cells tingling and gain some points in your next movie trivia quest.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That was definitely a gamble. It was very possible that she would have felt even more attached to him after that encounter.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's been a while, but those damn onion cutting ninjas caught me by surprise...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It IS a family emergency; both of his parents are dead!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's the weird thing about Hollywood. Sometimes the payday for doing great work comes with your next job, not the one where you really excel.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You might also have met him as "Chad" (really) in the Matrix Resurrections movie.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That probably helped her performance. Maybe she even avoided talking to him, because she wanted to hold onto the fear, and not realize he was just another guy!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a pity Mr Weinstein didn't use the sword to chop off his d**k.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All natural fidget spinner or some other fidgety gizmo.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only in 'murica. Plenty of decent cops elsewhere. Thorough education does that.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just can't stomach those movies. I don't think they're clever or funny.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love it. It's so totally random. Chris Evans is hiding his beard...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s a coincidence. I have spent months at a time not understanding that movie too.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He was removed when it aired this year and last year

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Apparently there are a lot of films where they filmed his bit, because they had to to be allowed to film there, but this is one of the few where it was actually included in the movie. Funny how those with the biggest egos tend to be the most deluded.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Crying shame we don't have the capability of editing Trump from life, as in Post-Natal editing.

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What a very polite way to say that you wish the death of someone.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was a small throw-away bit part, and TBF (and I can't actually believe I want TBF to Trump) If I owned a building that a major studio wanted to use as a film set for a feature length film, then yea; I'd do the exact same thing.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

‘Cause it was in the best hotel, in the best country, with the best cameo part in the whole world, dammit !

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cult member alert. Insurrectionist alert. He's been removed from that movie bc america is a democracy and we don't take kindly to wannabe dictators. Go wash your trump flags and brush your 3 teeth and leave your sister alone ffs she said no

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even though I can’t stand Trump, I would have made this very same deal. Might as well.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Glad I still have a copy of the original. I hate when they edit old TV and movies just to 'get with the times'. No, show me it all in its original horrifically offensive glory. I'm an adult, I can decide for myself, I don't need others censoring things for me.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

they didn't edit it just to 'get with the times'. A Canadian TV network edited their broadcast of it to accommodate the ads and the time they had available for the broadcast. AND it was done in 2014, before he ever thought of running for President.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Several people(including Macauley Culkin!) wanted him to be removed, to whic Kristy Swanson said that they would have to remove her from Pretty In Pink(1986) and Ferris Beullers Day Off(1986). But, my mom(who lived through the 80's) didnt even know she was in those, so I don't think it would matter much.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see Home Alone #2 every year - never miss it - and Donald Trump is ALWAYS in it!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WOW - Trump essentially blackmailing someone into agreeing to his self aggrandizing behavior? Nah ...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have went to a different location to shoot the scene, f**k trump

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought he had it as a requirement if you wanted to film in or in front of a Trump property he had to appear in the finished production

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i have never noticed that in the million times i have watched home alone

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because he's an huge, insecure, narcissist, I'll never understand how may worship him like some tin-pot dictator!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not find of seeing movies being re-edited after it's original release, but in this case, I wholeheartedly support it.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He creeped me out well before he became president. I heard about pedophiles as a kid and I imagined they looked just like him.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Always love seeing that cameo. I hate it when channels remove it.

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People seem to forget that when this film was made, Trump was absolutely fawned over by Hollywood and the press. They adored him (because he gave big fat checks to prominent Democrats). He only became Public Enemy #1 when he decided to run against Hillary.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He didn't decide to run against Hillary. He decided to run for the RNC presidential nomination. Hillary Clinton was not the DNC's presidential candidate when he decided to run.

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Seriously, guys. Your obsession with Trump turns pathologic. You need to grow up.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stefan you're saying this on the anniversary of the insurrection while he's going around telling his terrorist followers to "rise up" today yet again. You'd love for all of us to forget everything he did so he'd get elected again. Not going to happen. History forgotten is history repeated.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Disgusting amount of money. Hollywood has lost touch with reality and real people money

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As much as I dislike Tom Cruise, I admire his work ethic on films.

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