Arnold Schwarzenegger is many things.

But did you know that he was once the director?

And that the only film he has ever directed is a 1992 made-for-TV remake of Christmas in Connecticut.

Nobody calls it the biggest star in the world who says, hey, they want to direct your TV movie.

On our revisionist history Christmas special this year, we are telling the really very funny story behind the making of the most

improbable Christmas movie of all time.

The first thing out of his mouth is, so what have you guys been doing since Commando?

Clearly not going to the gym.

You can hear it all right now on the Revision's History podcast.

Listen on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of IHeart Radio.

Hi, my name is Robert Lamb, and this is The Artifact, a short form series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind focusing on particular objects, ideas, and moments in time.

On a recent visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, I came across one of the

weirder pieces of art I think you could hope to find in such a place. Alongside various

historic pieces from around the world, here's something that seems to stand outside of any

given artistic tradition, or so it seemed to me. It looks like the creature from John Carpenter's The Thing was in the process of turning

into an ox when the flamethrowers hit it.

The result?

A googly-eyed head of an ox atop a wooden pillar of twisting hooves and tissue.

Granted, I was pretty jet-lagged when I first took this side in, literally struggling to stay awake on my feet, but this absurdity really captured my attention and woke me up a little bit.

The museum's website lists it as head of an ox, while the signage in the museum calls it head of an ox on a tree trunk.

Indeed, this bizarre sculpture from the second half of the 17th century consists of an

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