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Agatha Christe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, and others wrote stories that prominently feature opium dens in London. How common were opium dens in London? Were they illegal? Or were these stories just perpetuating anti-Asian bias, common in stories at the time?

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The murder-mystery Deathtrap (1982) featured, as part of a plot twist, an onscreen kiss and homosexual relationship between two leading actors of the era, Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve. How much attention did this get? How did audiences react?

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"Psycho" was released 60 years ago today. It famously did not allow latecomers so as to preserve the film's secrets. Was this the first notion of "spoilers" in cinema, and was it the first movie to have showtimes?

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Agatha Christe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, and others wrote stories that prominently feature opium dens in London. How common were opium dens in London? Were they illegal? Or were these stories just perpetuating anti-Asian bias, common in stories at the time?	300
The murder-mystery Deathtrap (1982) featured, as part of a plot twist, an onscreen kiss and homosexual relationship between two leading actors of the era, Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve. How much attention did this get? How did audiences react?	130
"Psycho" was released 60 years ago today. It famously did not allow latecomers so as to preserve the film's secrets. Was this the first notion of "spoilers" in cinema, and was it the first movie to have showtimes?	113