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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MrMojoFomo on 2025-07-28 15:53:40+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the laser sight used in The Terminator (1984) was a prototype that needed 10,000 volts to turn on. To use the weapon on screen, production hid a battery in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s jacket and ran wires up the sleeve to attach to the sight