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TIL Warner Bros. spent $30m developing the Tim Burton-directed Superman: Lives (with Nicolas Cage as the lead) before canceling it in 1998. Burton cited issues with Jon Peters "I basically wasted a year. A year is a long time to be working with somebody that you don't really want to be working with"

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Br9e TIL when casino mogul Steve Wynn was showing off his Picasso painting “Le Reve” [valued at $139mil at time ], he accidentally put he elbow thru the canvas; thus, devaluing it by $54mil.
pYRAe TIL: The Dalaketnon are the Filipino folklore equivalent of elves. They live in trees, have pointy ears, are attractive, tall, but the males are light skinned while the females are dark skinned. However, they can enslave humans by feeding them black rice and they have telekinetic powers.
VBowZ TIL there used to be penguins that grew to 6 feet tall and could weigh more than 250 lbs.
d1Rr TIL Louisiana’s coastline is disappearing at the rate of a football field AN HOUR
gbaW TIL that the English word “much” and the Spanish word “mucho” are not related at all, despite having similar definitions. “Much” comes from Proto-Germanic “mikilaz”, while “mucho” from Latin “multum”. Their similar appearance is a complete coincidence.