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TIL "E.T. the Extraterrestrial" was rejected by Columbia Pictures whose chairman called it "a wimpy Walt Disney movie"

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N6rb TIL Orson Wells was only 23yrs old when he gave his famous ‘War of the Worlds’ Broadcast, and only 26yrs old when he produced, co-authored, directed, and starred in Citizen Kane.
Neg6 TIL that in today’s dollars, John D. Rockefeller’s net worth would be around $663 billion.
K70a TIL that Elvis Presley wanted to record “I will always love you”, but Dolly Parton turned him down because she refused to give up half the publishing rights.
WPZ8 TIL that Steve Jobs and Shirley Temple are buried in unmarked graves in a Palo Alto cemetery.
BnK TIL JK Rowling seriously considered killing off Ron Weasley mid-series because she was ‘in an unhappy place.’