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TIL Despite the generally positive reviews it got, the movie “ Idiocracy ” only brought in a mere $495,303 box office. It’s budget was about 4-6 times that.

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kOG8E TIL John Carmack (founder of "id Software" known for his work in the development of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein) was arrested at the age of 14 for helping a group of children steal Apple || computers using a mixture of thermite and Vaseline to melt the windows to break into the building.
Rvw1 TIL that the largest galaxy in the observable universe is elliptical galaxy, IC 1101. It has 100 trillion stars and is 6 million light years across! By comparison, the Milky way has a mere 100 billion stars and is 120,000 light years across.
v1op8 TIL the words you use when questioning witnesses greatly affects their answer. They showed study participants video of a car crash and asked them to estimate the speed. Their estimates got progressively larger when using the verbs contacted, hit, bumped, collided, smashed in the question.
pwPA TIL that the Vatican City is named after the hill that it’s built upon, the name of which pre-dates Christianity
mxe7y TIL in the UK, dried cats were believed to dispel evil spirits and witches, and they are found hidden within old buildings.