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TIL the Sun holds 99.8% of our solar system's total mass!

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BrKar TIL: Because the movie 12 Angry men (1957) didn’t make a profit, Henry Fonda never received his deferred salary. Despite this setback, he always saw the movie as one of the three best he ever made. The others being The Grapes of Wrath and The Ox-Bow Incident.
R7w1l TIL of the McGrew brothers. They spent 8 years recreating a shot-for shot version of Toy Stoy 3 in stop motion. Their version premiered on YouTube in January and already have more than 3 million views. Dedication is real.
R7Q57 TIL I learned that over 76% (~$13b) of money lost in the Bernie Madoff Scandal has been recovered and paid back to investors
mKxv TIL that El Al airlines is considered one of the most secure airlines; they equip their planes with anti-missile defense systems and there is an undercover air marshal on every international flight.
8awG8 TIL Siberian tigers are the only predators to have been documented preying on fully grown bears.