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VMN7m TIL The Catalina Wine Mixer from Step Brothers wasn't a real thing when the movie was made, but has since become a real event because of the movie
5Vxp9 TIL that despite selling 500k copies in its first two hours and going 7x Platinum, Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion I & II albums were considered to have "underperformed" sales expectations.
OoMG7 TIL According to Mark Hamill, the only thing his grandfather didn’t like about Star Wars was the fact Luke Skywalker didn’t get to “marry the princess in the end”. To which Hamill joked ‘hang around for the sequel, who knows!’
78rxP TIL that in the early 20th century, explorers discovered archaeological ruins at Friggs Fjord in northern Greenland, comprising the northernmost permanent settlements in human history. Due to the proximity to the North Pole, much of the year was spent in darkness.
gMbd7 TIL when flatworms mate they engage in 'Penis Fencing' - they stab each other with their penises, the one who gets stabbed first becomes female while the stabber remains male.