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TIL the film Oppenheimer became the highest-grossing biopic ever in Sept 2023 when it surpassed the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody's $910 million total.

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epAx6 TIL The company Blizzard inadvertedly inspired the creation of the digital currency, Ethereum, by nerfing Vitalik B's World of Warcraft character.
O5xY TIL March 6 is the official “Day of the Dude”, in the belief system of “Dudeism”
p8xkp TIL the most common group of people who switch majors in American universities are people in STEM field majors who decided to quit and do a non-STEM major instead
X0ePk TIL that AC/DC has never had a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and has only cracked the top 40 three times. This is despite having sold 75 million records in the US.
8OVL TIL all competitors in the Olympics get a participation medal.