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TIL Despite being the highest rated film on IMDB, The Shawshank Redemption only grossed about $3 million more than its budget

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BXpr TIL that ironically, Reading Rainbow was actually canceled BECAUSE of No Child Left Behind.
WkPK4 TIL the most distant individual star ever observed is 𝟵 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 light years away from Earth. It's called 𝗜𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀 and it was detected through 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴.
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yVr9w TIL that asthma is the most common chronic illness among Olympians.
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