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TIL one whale carcass can support other forms of life for 50 to 75 years, which is comparable to the lifespan of the whale itself.

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v1rND TIL the most money ever paid for a screenplay was the script to the quickly forgotten 2006 Denzel Washington sci-fi thriller "Deja Vu". Terry Rossio and Bill Masilii sold the script for $5 million to Touchstone Pictures. The record price hasn't been broken yet by another screenplay as of 2021.
J1QjQ TIL that on Valentine's Day, a group of embittered singles in Shanghai bought up all the odd-numbered seats in the theater, forcing couples to sit apart.
PYGDG TIL that the president of Adobe software. Was kidnapped and held for 4 days.
yELM TIL during the second season of King of the Hill, it had more viewership than its lead-in The Simpsons
4976 TIL 1208 wooden crates filled with gold were shipped out of Poland in 1939. To this day, no one knows who received it.