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TIL Oren Peli, previously a software developer, wrote and directed the very first Paranormal Activity movie grossing $193 million from its $15,000 budget.

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vPX0D TIL That the transition of the Ming to Qing dynasty in China took 65 years and cost approximately 25 million lives.
wo6vY TIL: That in 1974, a man performed a highwire walk between the Twin Towers of the WTC in New York. Philippe Petit, a street artist from Paris, took 6 years to plan what he called "le coup" (heist). The feat was later described as the "artistic crime of the century".
8Q0X TIL that Ryan Gosling was offered, and rejected, the chance to become a member of Backstreet Boys
XQXk TIL An Elephant, Kosik, can speak 5 words in Korean, “sit, no, yes and lie down.” He creates the words by putting his trunk in his mouth and vibrating it. He is the only elephant scientifically proven to speak human words.
9wPp6 TIL the tendency of teens to be night owls and the elderly to be early birds is an evolutionary safety feature, so at least one person is awake at almost all times