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TIL In 1994, after hearing of the impending Y2K glitch, a man trademarked the date “01-01-00” and by the year 2000 it had earned him over $260 million in royalties

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V1X8 TIL that Clint Eastwood’s two most successful films, when adjusted for inflation, are “Every Which Way But Loose” and “Any Which Way You Can,” two movies that starred Clint Eastwood with an orangutan
Y7pZr TIL about the fictional murder of Ronald Opus. His (urban) legend started as an anecdote from the president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and grew to become inspiration for the Paul Thomas Anderson film Magnolia.
W4oB TIL Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur. The stripes are like fingerprints and no two tigers have the same pattern.
9Y4YG TIL Seth Rogan has repeatedly tried to make a movie about the 90's battle between Sega and Nintendo, but keeps getting turned down.
m1ev TIL that as of 2004, George Foreman had made approximately $240 million from the George Foreman Grill- TRIPLE what he had made lifetime as a boxer.