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TIL George Lucas made Steven Spielberg a bet that Close Encounters of the Third Kind would be more successful than Star Wars and agreed to give each other 2.5% of their film's net points. By 2014, it was reported that this deal made Spielberg an estimated $40 million.

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d81nQ TIL that in 1954, Warren Buffett tried to corner the market on Blue Eagle stamps. He bought almost 400,000 of them, expecting 2,500% gains from desperate collectors. The demand never materialized: he ended up selling his stamp stash at a loss in 1982. He never bought collectibles again after that.
RmQ6 TIL that the Malaysian ID card not only functions as a form of identity, but also as one’s driver’s license, an ATM card, an electronic purse, and a public key, among other applications
b6pma TIL that dog allergies and fear of dogs are not valid reasons for U.S. businesses which serve the public, to refuse service to people using service animals. If someone in the business is allergic to dogs, both the person with the dog allergy and the person with the service dog should be accommodated
e0kLg TIL Black Couturier Ann Lowe Designed Jackie Kennedy's Wedding Dress
dD0DZ TIL the 1975 union promo song "Look For the Union Label" was popular enough to be used in political campaigns, spoofed by SNL and decades later by South Park. but it failed in its goal to slow the growth of non-union clothing manufacturing jobs and foreign imports