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TIL for the movie 'Hook', Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams, and Dustin Hoffman opted not to take salaries and instead split 40% of TriStar Pictures' gross revenues.

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oRMOo TIL that contrary to popular belief, it's not Jeff Bezos but Dennis Tito, who was the first billionaire Space traveller. Dennis went to Space in the year 2000. 21 years before Jeff. He is also the first space tourist to the International Space Station.
4kMw5 TIL that evidence of slavery predates written records; the practice has existed in many cultures and can be traced back 11,000 years ago due to the conditions created by the invention of agriculture during the Neolithic Revolution.
6EgXw TIL that in 1975, Australia had a government shutdown over their budget. The Prime Minister and all of Parliament was fired, forcing them to restart from scratch. They haven't had a shutdown since.
nW6Qr TIL a woman named Chante Mallard hit an unhoused man named Gregory Biggs, lodging him in her windshield, alive. She drove home and parked in her garage where she let him suffer for days before dying. She was only caught months later because she talked about it at a party.
gMan4 TIL of Scientists who dropped off closed boxes in a remote Ethiopian village containing tablets, taped shut, with no instructions. Within 5 months, the children had not only learned to use 47 apps, but also managed to hack the Android OS.