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TIL Disney's Tangled is the 10th most expensive movie ever made, beating Avatar by over 20M dollars

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69NDQ TIL that the earliest known writing dates back to around 3000 B.C.E. and was likely invented by the Sumerians in southern Iraq. It was used by temple officials to record the allocation of rations and movement of goods. The earliest texts were pictures (pictographs) of the items being recorded.
j7rX TIL A study found that because 75% of students had to work while going to college only part time, over 75% were unable to finish even after 8 years. Only 6.1% of working part time students graduated within 4 years, and only 25% graduate within 8.
Q0bE TIL : The Movie Wargames (1983) coined the term ‘Firewall’ , ’“war dialing”, and “War Driving”
EB7W TIL Spending too much time doing homework can lead to chronic depression.
r901 TIL That Rather Than Use CGI, Tim Burton Had 40 Squirrels Trained to Crack Nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory