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TIL George Lucas gets paid every time you see an ad for the Motorola Droid. Because “Droid.”

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R174 TIL the science fiction films ‘Contact’, 'The Fifth Element’, 'Gattaca’, 'Men in Black’, and 'Starship Troopers’, were all released in the same year, 1997
6L5w TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger temporarily deserted the Austrian Army so he could compete in the Junior Mr. Europe contest. He won.
ADYa4 TIL: You can place an order for “Marriage” at the Las Vegas, Nevada Taco Bell and they will actually perform the ceremony, complete with Baja Blast champagne and Fire Sauce bow tie.
oBpVK TIL NASA named Gattaca as the best (accurate) science fiction movie of all time.
xPvD TIL that an ambulance was stationed outside a screening of The Human Centipede 2 as a joke, until a woman became so physically ill after viewing the film that actual paramedics were needed