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TIL Howard the Duck was such a massive failure that producer George Lucas was forced to sell the CGI department of LucasFilms to Steve Jobs, which became Pixar Animation Studios.

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9Grr TIL in 2011, a man found a penguin covered with oil and nearly dead. He was able to save its life. Every year since, the penguin swims 5,000 miles to meet and live with him in Brazil.
KEo6 TIL that WWII German Ace Heinrich Ehrler’s last words were: “Theo. I have run out of ammunition. I’m going to ram this one. Good bye. We’ll see each other in Valhalla.”
ZlX4 TIL that Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchhiker’s guide was a guitarist and a friend of David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, and Adams played for Pink Floyd in their Earls Court concert in 1994. Adams played the guitar in the songs “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse”.
4XbRa TIL for nearly a century, Jimmy Red corn was used by bootleggers to make moonshine whiskey. The variety nearly went extinct in the early 2000s, but two remaining ears of corn were used to revive it.
W7kXX TIL that Quentin Tarantino, while listing out his favorite movies released between 1992 and 2009, referred to M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable" as one of the true masterpieces of our time. He also said the film was directed by "M. Night Shyamalamadingdong."