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TIL Star Wars IV a new hope, only cost $11 million to make back in 1977. Adjusted for inflation, that is roughly $40 million today.

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Odn4 TIL that the US “Credit Card Act of 2009” contains a provision allowing people to carry guns in national parks [section 512].
D164D TIL When Their Former Caretaker Died, Without Having Been Told (by Humans at Least), Two Herds of Elephants Each Traveled 12 Hours To His House And Mourned for Two Days
6EWV8 TIL there is a grizzly bear in Banff, Canada that's name is Boss; he has been hit by a train 3 times, eats smaller black bears and elk and has never cause any harm to people and lives in town.
DYvY TIL that on this day, June 25th, 137 years ago, two Cheyenne women shoved their sewing awls into the dead George Armstrong Custer’s ears, so he would ‘hear better in the afterlife’ because he had broken his promise to Chief Stone Forehead never to fight against Native Americans again.
RArj TIL that the AMBER Alert system (named after the murdered child Amber Hagerman) officially stands for “America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response”. When Canada adopted AMBER Alerts, Quebec named its system “Alerte Médiatique But Enfant Recherché” (“Media Alert for Child Recovery” in French).