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TIL that Tim Burton did not direct or write 'Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas', asides from creating a poem that became the premise of the movie and working with Danny Elfman on several songs.

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6EwRJ TIL The aircraft manufacturer Northrop Grumman, who built iconic fighter aircraft such as the F6F Hellcat, A-6 Intruder, and the well known and forever popular F-14 Tomcat, won a contract from the US government to mass produce the Grumman LLV, A.K.A. The USPS Postal Truck.
78DYL TIL in 1984, 13-year-old Andy Smith wrote to President Reagan asking for funds to clean his bedroom after his mom called it a “disaster area”. Raegan sent a tongue-in-cheek reply saying his funds were “dangerously low” and suggested he practice volunteerism instead to solve local problems.
rRd6W TIL that Charles Darwin wrote a list of pros and cons of marriage. Pros included "constant companion and a friend in old age... better than a dog anyhow". Cons included "less money for books". When he visited his future wife he forgot to propose because he was too busy telling her about evolution
e08VE TIL That following the reporting of the sun newspaper on the Hillsborough disaster, almost every reader in Liverpool cancelled their subscription and most shops boycotted it, meaning that it's still very difficult to find a copy in the city over 30 years later.
4XjdR TIL in the 2011 census the United Kingdom had 177,000 people declare themselves Jedi … making it the 7th-most popular “religion” in the U.K.