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TIL Earlier cuts of the Super Mario Brothers Movie were way better

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awO7J TIL in 1920 The New York Times ridiculed the notion of rockets in space, calling it absurd, and criticized rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard as being less educated than a high school student. They issued a retraction in 1969 just days before Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon.
nekV9 TIL Asphalt is not a modern material. Regular production of asphalt is known from the 3rd millennium BC. The Babylonians even used it to fasten carved eyes to statues.
dDlDK TIL: That the movie Philadelphia was shot in chronological order as Tom Hanks, playing a character with AIDS, had to gradually lose weight over the course of the film. It was also felt that this would help Hanks follow a clearer emotional trajectory.
OoGn4 TIL that the inventor of Tootsie Rolls committed suicide and left a note that simply said, "I'm sorry, but I couldn't help it."
jNwVQ TIL Ninety-nine per cent of crocodile offspring are eaten in the first year after birth, by large fish, herons, monitor lizards and adult crocodiles.