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TIL The developers of famous movies such as Forest Gump, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Return of the Jedi and many others use “Hollywood Accounting” to inflate expenses and show a net loss. This allowed them to completely dodge payments to writers that agreed to be paid a percentage of net profit.

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ANRra TIL that rhinoceros mating can be brutal. First the males fight for dominance. Then the female chases the male. This is called a "bluff and bluster" ritual, & lasts hours. It often becomes violent, with wrestling and fighting. Sometimes it can even lead to death.
D1Qdr TIL A woman who was pulled over for a routine traffic stop, spent 6 weeks in jail because a cop performed a roadside field test which mistakenly provided a positive result for meth on a spoon she had eaten spaghetti-o's with.
Jv5m TIL that orange juice loses all of it’s flavor during the de-oxyginaztion process, what allows the juice to keep in vats for up to a year. Juice company’s hire the manufactures of such perfumes as CK and Dior to make “flavor packs” to make the flavorless liquid taste like juice again.
5ZgB TIL On Aug 21, 2017 there will be a complete solar eclipse that will travel the length of the US continent, from Oregon to South Carolina, in 90 minutes. This route is referred to as the Path of Totality and for 2 min and 41 seconds it will seem like night in the middle of the day.
pPgb TIL that the US and the USSR’s only direct military confrontation happened in October 1944, over the serbian town of Niš. It is considered top secret by both governments, and the exact number of casualties is unkown.