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TIL, when adjusted for inflation, Gone With The Wind grossed $$4,401,358,554.94 making it the highest grossing movie of all time.

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drOj TIL the fire that crippled the hand of jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt also left his right leg paralyzed. Doctors intended to amputate the leg, but Reinhardt refused to have the surgery, and was able to walk within a year
v1eb4 TIL It is unknown what Neil Armstrong took with him to the moon personally and the record of his personal property kit was never found. Armstrong made an unscripted visit to a crater and it is speculated he left his late daughter's bracelet there
1GWO TIL Bad boy George Bernard Shaw titled one of his plays Closed for Remodeling causing theater owners to shake their heads at the sparse crowds.
9YPRG TIL the Sirius star system is visible with the naked eye in the daytime sky given the right conditions
b6roZ TIL Uranus had been observed and catalogued multiple times going as far back as 128 BCE. However, due to its very slow orbit and dimness it was always misclassified as a star until 1781. The discovery that it was actually a planet effectively doubled the size of the known solar system.