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TIL: When “Dune” came out in 1984, several theaters handed out a laminated cheat sheet to try to minimize audience confusion.

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vwDD TIL the Facebook co-founders were required to pay a huge amount of taxes when Facebook went public. It was around this time one of the five Facebook co-founders Eduardo Saverin renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved to Singapore. He avoided paying $600,000,000 in taxes.
a8rX0 TIL the Instrument of Government and the Humble Petition and Advice were the only codified constitutions of England
R5a5l TIL that Genelle Guzman-McMillan was the last survivor to be pulled from the 9/11 wreckage at the Twin Towers. She was trapped for 27 hours.
wQRo TIL that DJ Khaled’s rapper name used to be “Arab Attack” but he changed it after 9/11, as he did not want to appear insensitive.
Xxmk TIL in 1924, 14 bison were brought to an island off the coast of California for the filming of a movie, though the scenes with the bison did not make it into the final cut. Due to cost overruns, the film company decided to leave the bison on the island and now 150 of them live on the island.