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TIL New Mexico is bigger in area than Italy

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M7YAm TIL in 1977 George Lucas made a deal with Steven Spielberg, 2.5% of A New Hope's profit for 2.5% of Close Encounters of the Third Kind's profit (George thought Close Encounters was certain to outperform A New Hope). This deal netted Spielberg over $40M dollars. He still earns money from it today.
gM57 TIL CDs are more vulnerable to scratches on the label side, which is closest to the actual data
BgRNW TIL while working on a heart rhythm recording device, Wilson Greatbatch mistakenly installed the wrong resistor, causing the device to emit electrical pulses instead - leading to the invention of the implantable pacemaker.
Z87yR TIL the seven sins according to Gandhi: “Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Religion without sacrifice. Politics without principle.”
XENXE TIL at 18 years old Qudsia Begum gave a speech at her husband's funeral convincing the male claimants to acknowledge her daughter as heir to Bhopal and herself as regent, starting a female Islamic dynasty in Bhopal that lasted 107 years