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TIL that the movie "Paranormal Activity" had a total budget of $215,000. It went on to earn $193 million at the global box office.

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JY4m8 TIL that Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" was nominated for two Razzie Awards for Worst Actress and Worst Director
8aRB8 TIL of the Welsh Christmas tradition, Mari Lwyd, in which a skeletal horse mounted on a pole visits your door singing poetry. You are then compelled to engage in a battle of rhymes and must best it or else you’ll have to let it inside and give it food.
Z899v TIL: The female version of morning wood (or morning glory in Australian,) is "nocturnal clitoral tumescence."
78JVX TIL that Amtrak not only runs trains, but also intercity bus services, transit buses, vans, taxis, and ferry boats. This allows passengers greater connection to areas not covered by trains
Z8EB4 TIL that ostriches must eat rocks and sharp things to help them digest their food, and those rocks never come out when they poop. Instead they get worn down by the food. And if ostriches don't eat rocks, glass, or other sharp things, they will die.