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TIL that Aldous Huxley was George Orwell’s French teacher

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egBk TIL 20th Century Fox gave up merchandising and sequel rights to Star Wars in exchange for Lucas accepting a $150,000 salary instead of $500,000. George Lucas made over $7 billion from Star Wars.
l6bB TIL around 762, the demand for books in Baghdad was so high that any traders who brought books were given the weight of the books in gold in return.
kJ6bd TIL 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas is a nuclear bomb research and waste site that has detonated over a 1000 nuclear bombs between 1951-1992. It is one of the most contaminated places in the US. The site offers monthly public tours.
oRaWK TIL that Lionel Messi and his father were found guilty of defrauding Spain of €4.1m between 2007 and 2009
58Wn TIL that the form of Tourette’s that causes cursing is called Coprolalia, Greek for “shit talking”