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TIL, The Hobbit trilogy has already cost twice as much as the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

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V64Z TIL that during WWII the Army Corps of Engineers concealed entire factories as small towns to confuse enemy bombers. Here is one example.
VBEAB TIL Imanita Parrish Shelley, a Titanic Survivor who presented an affidavit with everything she could complain about while on board, including the way in which she was put into safety during the sinking.
l77P1 TIL that in 1923 a small town in Kansas elected a 3-year-old as mayor, but he was removed 5 months later because the people realized that he wasn't able to run the entire town
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a8vmZ TIL that during WWII, scientists were struggling to make enough penicillin to keep up with demand until they found a moldy cantaloupe in Peoria, IL that was producing penicillin at the highest rate they had yet seen.