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TIL the 2011 movie Mars Needs Moms is the biggest box office flop in history when not adjusted for inflation. It lost $130 million.

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kOvRm TIL of Hellé Nice who was a nude model, a dancer and racing driver. She won the first Grand Prix for Women in 1929, beat male racing drivers of the day, broke the land speed record, appeared on magazine covers across the world and was accused of being a Nazi spy. She died in abject poverty in 1984.
Wb84 TIL in 1969 a fictional boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano was shown in movie theaters around the world. They were each filmed acting out every possible fight scenario and a computer used probability data to come to the result of a Marciano win by KO in the 13th.
nWM1P TIL that scientists discovered a 507 year old clam that was determined to be the oldest animal in the world - only to accidentally kill it in the process of collecting it.
BgOax TIL the U. of Portsmouth found that poorly fitting bras can irreparably damage breast ligaments. Most bras only limit vertical movement, while breasts move up to 21cm in three dimensions during exercise. Many women wear the wrong size due to stigma, lack of awareness, or changes in size over time.
VMmZG Today I learned that humans have 3 cones that mix and blend to make all the colors that we can see. It turns out there is a special type of shrimp that has 16 cones. This means there are millions if not billions of colors that we can't even imagine let alone see.