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TIL the movie Foodfight grossed only $73,706, while costing between $45 million and $65 million to make.

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WyXN TIL there is a bright pink millipede that is able to ‘shoot’ cyanide.
Z8ykB TIL Mel Brooks was a mine clearer in WW2 “I was a combat engineer. Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in this world are combat and engineering.”
9wEVX TIL that Playboy Playmate photos were secretly inserted into the lunar mission checklists of the Apollo 12 astronauts as a prank.
QLNX TIL - In 1913, 73 people (59 of which were children) were trampled when someone falsely yelled “Fire!” at a crowded Christmas party for striking mine workers. 8 people swore under oath it was an anti-union organizer who yelled it.
PYvbV TIL about "Rabbit starvation." It's a malnutrition caused by eating too mucg protein and not enough fat. It has historically been caused by eating rabbit meat exclusively, which is too lean