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TIL The Last Airbender is the Shyamalan's worst-reviewed film to date

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neO07 TIL Despite his scientific background and immeasurable contributions to promoting science to the public, Carl Sagan's nomination was rejected from the National Academy of Sciences leading to the Sagan Effect where popular scientists in the media are seen as less knowledgeable than their peers.
6p1w TIL a police commissioner who claimed he had spent hours researching sticky bombs distributed printouts about them. All of the information he gathered came from the Terraria Wiki.
8aNea TIL The characterization of Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars saga as an ambitious and ruthless politician dismantling a democratic republic to achieve supreme power is in part inspired by Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Adolf Hitler. Other elements of the character come from Richard Nixon.
LQBJp TIL that Bruce Willis walked away from the Expendables 3 because he wanted 4 million dollars instead of 3 million (for four days of work).
KOekE TIL that male water striders intimidate the female to have sex with them by tapping on the water to attract predators