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Ten years ago today Armageddon blew onto the big screen with character who were larger than life.  It was the first film that Michael Bay (Pearl Harbor, Transformers) ever produced.  This film had it all action, adventure, a love story, scenes that would bring you to tears, laughter and the even blew stuff up. 

Here are a few things you may not have known:

• This is the first movie ever that NASA allowed to use actual space suits.
• Parts of the film were made in the restricted section of NASA.
• The day the film opened was Liv Tyler’s 21st Birthday.  She turned down her role in the movie twice before finally accepting it.
• The movie trailer shows shots of real space shuttles launching.
• Bruce Willis used a photo of his kids to help him cry during the scene when he said goodbye to Grace (Liv).
• Kevin Costner was originally going to star in the movie.

My favorite scene is when they are making their demands and don’t want to ever pay taxes again.  What’s yours?