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TIL That Nicolas Cage Was Paid $20 Million For A Never-Made Superman Movie.

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D1W9r TIL The creator of Clarissa Explains It All had a strict rule about not allowing the color purple on set, requiring parts of the set to be repainted. When asked about this rule, he revealed that it was completely arbitrary, only existing to make him seem more assertive as someone new in the business
vPNl8 TIL: United States produces more crude oil than any country, ever
x6mgk TIL the insects we call “skeeter eaters” DON’T actually eat mosquitos…who did their PR?
94gQ Today I learned of the horseshoe theory which “ asserts that rather than the far left and the far right being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear political continuum, they in fact closely resemble one another, much like the ends of a horseshoe.” (the picture helps)
a8goJ TIL the only U.S. state governor to be assassinated, William Goebel, was actually sworn in the day after he was shot. He died having served only 3 days in office.