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TIL John dillernand is a danish children's tv show about a man with a very long penis who uses it (through clothing) to grab things, fly like a helicopter and tame lions with

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9Yo8r TIL that One Ton of air conditioning is the amount of heat needed to melt 2000 pounds of ice in 24 hours. Before 1902, Ice Delivery companies measured the amount of cooling a space needed in “Tons of Ice”, and this terminology has carried through to today
D1AOj TIL George Lucas made Steven Spielberg a bet that Close Encounters of the Third Kind would be more successful than Star Wars and agreed to give each other 2.5% of their film's net points. By 2014, it was reported that this deal made Spielberg an estimated $40 million.
KOGXR TIL that Francis Bellamy, famous for creating the United States pledge of allegiance, was “an early American democratic socialist” who "believed in the absolute separation of church and state" and did not include the phrase "under God" in his pledge.
kOKa5 TIL that despite flopping massively, Grease 2 inspired an Indian remake. While Bollywood didn't make a remake of the original Grease, instead only focusing on the sequel, the movie became so successful the state of Karnataka had to grant a public leave day so people could watch the movie
pwbA TIL: That in 1933, former President George W. Bush’s Grandfather; Prescott Bush led a group of wealthy industrialists in a campaign to topple the US Gov’t. during the FDR Administration and install a Fascist Dictatorship.