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TIL Beyonce and DMX are the only artists to debut at No. 1 with their first five studio efforts.

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RlOw TIL that John Hughes wrote Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in less than a week and went on to shoot the film on what was essentially his first draft of the script.
v1WvD TIL: Disney spent 50 million dollars on a movie called 'The Shadow King' from the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, upon seeing the footage Disney said it was too scary to make any money and immediately shut down production.
WEJN TIL that during the 2010-2011 school year, the University of Tennessee spent a grand total of $2,296,023 on the recruitment of athletes (more than any other university), with an average of more than $7,000 per male athlete.
OGBW7 TIL of Sir Anthony Meyer, a UK politician and WW2 veteran. He challenged Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for the position of leader. Dismissed as a nobody by the media at the time, Meyer’s challenge would ultimately lead to Thatcher being ousted after a decade in power.
aLxL TIL a stranded Dutch warship, the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, evaded Japanese bombers in WWII by disguising itself as an island.