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TIL James Cameron voluntarily gave up his points (a percentage of the film's income) and salary for Titanic when its budget exceeded his original estimation to the studio (it went from $100-120m to $200m). He didn't want the studio execs to think he had lied to them in order to get the movie made.

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5YwYn TIL that manatees, kangaroos, and elephants are polyphyodonts, meaning they regrow their teeth every few months, unlike most mammals that have only two sets for life.
9gmQ TIL In November 1994, Tim Allen starred in the highest grossing film, Disney’s “The Santa Clause”, topped the New York Times best-seller list with his book “Don’t Stand Too Close to a Naked Man” and appeared in the top rated TV series “Home Improvement”, all within the span of one week.
l7b7 TIL Comedian Demetri Martin graduated from Yale in 1995 and got accepted to Harvard Law School, but went to NYU Law School instead on a full scholarship
yQLkw TIL that in July 2014, six sealed glass vials of smallpox dated 1954 were discovered by chance in a storage room in an FDA laboratory at the NIH in Maryland. Upon transfer to the CDC in Atlanta, two of the vials had virus which proved to be viable in culture. They were destroyed 7 months later.
JYkM8 TIL in 2005 a Swedish ISP was sued by an anti-piracy group (supported by Paramount, EMI, and Sony) for copyright infringement. An internal investigation revealed that the incriminating material had been planted by insiders hired by the anti-piracy group. A deal was struck and the case was dropped.