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8 hours agoHow safe is America from polio?
Itzhak Perlman contracted polio at four, resulting in lifelong disability; before the 1955 vaccine polio caused paralysis, iron-lung dependency, and widespread social disruption.
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2 weeks agoThe self-financed horror film that trumped Melania at box office
Instead, the big success story was , a new film directed by Mark Fischbach, better known as the popular YouTuber Markiplier. Inspired by the 2022 horror game created by David Szymanski, Iron Lung was made for $3m and has made $21m to date, Impressively, the film also reigned supreme over Sam Raimi's new horror comedy Send Help, starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks agoYouTube star Markiplier made his own movie for much less than "Melania" and beat it at the box office
Nope, not " Melania" - though the sort-of-documentary about the first lady did do better than industry folks had projected, bringing in $7 million in its first weekend. The real hit of the weekend was made by someone you probably haven't heard of, unless you are a very specific kind of online person: " Iron Lung," a horror/sci-fi movie, written, directed by, and starring Mark Fischbach, known to his fans as Markiplier on YouTube, where he has 38.2 million subscribers.
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