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TIL Wicked became the first Broadway show in history to gross $5 million in a single week (nine performances), surpassing the previous record of $4.3 million held by The Lion King.

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VBp6G TIL a woman named Sara Jane Moore tried to kill U.S. president Gerald Ford. She was in prison for 32 years. When asked about her crime in an interview, Moore stated, "I am very glad I did not succeed. I know now that I was wrong to try."
woVGo TIL The Dark Knight trilogy director Christopher Nolan based his characterization of Bruce Wayne on Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States. To Nolan, both characters overcame great personal loss and a traumatic childhood by reinventing themselves and personally taking on crime.
dD71Z TIL Antarctica, if it were a country, would be the second-largest country with a land size of 5.5 million mi² (14.2 million km²)
R5lD8 TIL Philip K. Dick — who wrote the novels/stories behind Minority Report, The Man in the High Castle, Total Recall, etc. — died just 4 months before the release of Blade Runner.
78nAM TIL In late 70s-80s, 117+ healthy SE Asian men, many Hmong, died in their sleep mysteriously, leading to CDC investigation. The Hmong attributed it to evil spirit Dab Tog, inspiring Wes Craven's Freddy Krueger in "Nightmare on Elm Street."