8 Deaths of Actors on the Set

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Brandon Lee

In 1993, Brandon agreed to a lead role in the movie Raven, not suspecting that the day of his hero’s death coincides with his own. On April 1, 1993, during the shooting of the scene where Raven is shot from the ill-fated Magnum 44, the actor falls, and a pool of real blood forms underneath. It turned out that they forgot to remove the so-called «plug» from the pistol, which was loaded with blank cartridges — having flown out, it was stuck in Lee’s spine. In the remaining episodes of the film, an understudy was shot, who, using computer graphics, «painted» Lee’s face.

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Al Capone`s Prison

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Coronavirus for the Good! The Extraordinary Effect of Quarantine on Nature …

Now many people compare the coronavirus pandemic to World War. In just a few months, global quarantine managed to stir up the economies and health systems of many countries, but at the same time significantly affected the environmental situation in the world. “The planet is being cleared!”, shout scientists and ecologists from all sources. How exactly does this process occur and in what way is it manifested? We will talk about the positive impact of quarantine on nature in today's selection of facts ...