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TIL The Blair Witch Project was made on a budget of $25,000, but grossed almost $250 million, making it the most profitable movie ever

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QrKa TIL 5 of the 6 longest bridges in the United States are in Louisiana.
9wQVX TIL that there is a British Weights & Measures Association established to halt metrication and return to full use of Imperial Units, and it publishes a biannual newsletter called "The Yardstick"
OoQ44 TIL people who refer to themselves by name during inner monologues are calmer, less stressed and more confident than those who use “I” or “me” according to a research done by Michigan State University
Rd76 TIL that Army officer Hugh Thompson prevented the deaths of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians including women and children, by a group of American soldiers. Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot, landed between the soldiers and the villagers and threatened to open fire if they continued their attacks.
mdkP TIL the writer of “one flew over the cuckoo’s nest” Ken Kesey faked his own death and fled to mexico because he was caught in possession of marijuana