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TIL after dropping out, it took director Steven Spielberg 33 years to earn a bachelor’s degree from Cal State Long Beach. In 2002, he submitted "Schindler’s List" to satisfy his most important film school requirement.

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v1nlr TIL the first rap song Eminem ever heard was “Reckless” – a 1984 record which featured Ice-T - given to him by his late uncle Ronnie.
Brdnr TIL that Elvis was quite gifted in the martial arts. He reached the level of First Degree Black Belt and one of his instructors instructors was quoted saying “In martial arts, he wasn’t Elvis, The Entertainer. He was Elvis, The Black Belt, with 15 years’ experience”
mKOp TIL Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t properly form until the child reaches 3-5 years of age.
gMogD TIL in 1996, a Canadian man fled Canada and thought someone was out to kill him, took his money and drove to Knoxville, TN. He ended up dead in a parking lot with his money around his half-naked body. Police reports show the man was killed by a blow to the stomach. The case remains unsolved.
9YXDM TIL Lego is the largest tire manufacturing company in the world, producing over 318 million units every year. That is over 870,000 units every day.