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TIL that with inflation, the original Star Wars made the equivalent of $1,428,519,200 today

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DQY8D TIL about the SS Île de France, the last civilian ship to leave France before the outbreak of WWII. It successfully transported 1,777 passengers fleeing from France to New York; while crossing the Atlantic, 16 other vessels were sunk by torpedoes, mines, or gunfire.
a8e7L TIL 2008 US Air Force Base B-2 accident, the most expensive aviation failure was caused due to condensation of water in air data sensors.
v1YwD TIL until just recently, Nintendo of America had complete ownership of the Seattle Mariners baseball team.
KOOmB TIL that because assemblies of the Holy Roman Empire are called 'diets,' and because there is a city in Germany called 'Worms,' there is a historical event called the Diet of Worms. It discussed the Protestant Reformation.
b8Ya TIL that during WWI, the United States attempted to change words that had German origins. Sauerkraut came to be called “liberty cabbage”, German measles became “liberty measles”, hamburgers became “liberty sandwiches”.