Netflix (obviously) weren’t allowed to film The Two Popes inside the real Sistine Chapel so the set designers built a replica in a sound stage - exactly the same in every way, except 2 inches bigger.
sorry i know these kind of tweets are really annoying but i’m rewatching the Newsroom and it’s so damn fucking goddamn good
and then you go online and there are all these snipey articles about why it didn’t work and 100% the only failing component of that show was its audience
we’re all stupid for not appreciating it more
I’m watching season 2 and I know exactly how it all goes but it still gives me heart attacks
after 9 years of researching for QI the one fact I can't get my head around is that this symbol DOES NOT MEAN THE PRODUCT IS RECYCLABLE
it's some greenwashing bullshit that companies can pay to put on their packaging and say they contributed to european recycling efforts
i have never ONCE seen that explained on any packaging and it's so painfully obvious that companies use it as a loophole knowing that people will glance at it and not know any better.
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