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Giotto of Florence didn’t give a f**k

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When it comes to the world of painting the name Giotto of Florence carries more weight than a dumptruck made of adamantium. A painter and sculptor of near-unrivalled skill, Giotto became a veritable legend amongst his peers thanks in part to the empty sack of fucks he carried with him at all times. 

The game director who tests his games, against himself

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The games in the Super Smash Bros series have been consistently lauded as some of the most finely polished ever released. A fact almost entirely attributed to one man, Masahiro Sakurai, a large-penised director-man so committed he regularly tests his games by playing against the only man he considers to be a worthy opponent. Himself. 

Hugh Jackman kept accidentally spiking his balls as Wolverine

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With the exception of Samuel L. Fucking Jackson, no modern actor has played the same comic book character is as many movies as Hugh Jackman played Wolverine. During his 17 year tenure as the man with adamantium fists, Jackman has admitted that he wasn’t always comfortable portraying the character and on more than one occasion, accidentally spiked himself in the balls with the characters trademark claws. 

The hose accident that made action films awesome

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Blood is like seasoning for an action movie in that, while it’s not really essential, it can make even a fairly shitty film just that little more palatable. Oddly, while blood-spolsions are a staple of the action genre today, they only exist because of a mistake 5 decades ago that nearly saw a guy being lifted into the air by a highly pressurised stream of fake blood. 

Disney Princesses aren’t allowed to look at each other

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Few companies on Earth have a stable of characters as expansive nor a corporate warchest as deep an unending as that of Disney. Oddly though, despite it’s near-limitless resources, Disney reportedly spend almost nothing doing market research on one of its most recognisable pieces of intellectual property. The Disney Princesses.