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TIL Warner Bros. spent $10 million on a “Mr. Limpet” remake starring Jim Carrey only to abandon the project when the animation tests were deemed “horrifying”

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LQxgd TIL since 2000 the Federation of Québec Maple Syrup Producers maintained an "International Strategic Reserve" of maple syrup of more than 45 million kilograms across multiple warehouses in rural Québec towns. A barrel of maple syrup can be worth around 18 times the value of a barrel of US crude oil
gM48y TIL The album cover of Rush ‘Moving Pictures’ is meant as a triple entendre; it shows movers who are carrying pictures. On the side, people are shown crying because the pictures passing by are emotionally "moving". The back cover has a film crew making a motion picture of the whole scene.
QJ77X TIL in 2005, the US introduced a new $1 coin that you could buy and have shipped for free. people took advantage of this by buying them with a credit card then immediately using the coins to pay their bill to get free airline miles. one man abused this so much that he earned 4 million airline miles
VMlo8 TIL, Aboriginal Australian tribes have no words for left, right, forward, or backward in their language. They only use cardinal directions to describe locations of everything around them, knowing where north and south are at all times, essentially being human compasses
X8GQ TIL The father of the modern insurance industry was named If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone