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42 Stunning Visual Effects That Look Like CGI, But Aren’t

These days, it’s hard to believe that any major action sequence isn’t the product of CGI. But alas, reality does still exist in Hollywood — that is, at least Hollywood’s version of reality. Case in point: All of the following visual effects, which might appear to be CGI, but are actually the real deal…

13 Ingenious Trivia Tidbits We Teased Out Of The Mistrustful Sentry Tasked With Guarding This Village's Precious Minutiae

From Alan Turing's surprising and little-known athletic side, to the first couple to get married on the Titanic, these facts will leave you wondering how you ever managed to live without them.

More Trivia:

• 30 Trivia Gems Unearthed From the Knowledge Mines

• 15 Trivia Tidbits About Will Ferrell

• 13 Ostensibly Ordinary Bits Of Trivia We've Refined And Fused Into A Heretofore Impossibly Astounding Amalgam Of Factoids

• 15 Portals of Trivia We Hopped Through This Week

• 25 Trivia Tidbits About ‘There’s Something About Mary’

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