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TIL that one of Ireland's biggest ever storms is known as "Night of the Big Wind"

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97n6 TIL that John Hughes wrote Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in less than a week and went on to shoot the film on what was essentially his first draft of the script.
8eyKG TIL Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) is the most expensive independent film ever made with a production budget of around $180 million. Although it grossed $226 million worldwide, it was considered a box-office bomb due to its high production and advertising costs.
R57a9 TIL: The number three killer of moose in North America is killer whales, after grizzly and black bears.
58NP TIL: One litre of oil can contaminate one million litres of water. It’s important to understand that when you dispose oil in sink, it effects a million liters of recyclable water.
X0VKr Today I learned that Mini-Me from Austin Powers is inspired by a character from the movie The Island of Dr. Moreau named Majai