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TIL James Cameron directed both the first movie to have a budget of at least $100 million (True Lies, 1994) and the first to have a budget of at least $200 million (Titanic, 1997).

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jY7p TIL Astronaut Scott Carpenter Spoke to President Johnson 200 ft below the surface of the ocean, but he was in a decompression chamber with a helium atmosphere and nobody could understand what he was saying.
DQEej TIL Eddie Slovik is the only American soldier to be court-martialled and executed for desertion since the American Civil War.
wbYW TIL Bomb and Drug sniffing dogs will eventually develop psychological problems if they never find any, and must occasionally be taken on dummy missions to satisfy their ‘prey-drive.’
9PZm TIL Himmler didn’t allow atheists in the nazi SS. He thought it was important that his men could find faith in a higher power.
xX71 TIL Del from The Goralliz wrote the hit song “Clint Eastwood” with help from the book “How to Write a Hit Song”. He bought the book with a coupon his mom gave him and he gave her the platinum plaque.