stackyFACTSIn order to fake someone getting shot on screen, actors casually wear miniature bombs under their shirts. A squib is a tiny, remotely detonated explosive charge taped over a blood packet, ensuring that the fake blood violently explodes outward, successfully ruining the costume department's day.
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