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TIL that Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) had the smallest budget of all the Star Trek movies, only $12m. It is often considered by many, to be the best of one

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VMNEm TIL "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (or "Black National Anthem") was publicly performed first as a poem as part of a celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday by John Rosamond Johnson.
D9OP TIL that The Smokey Bear Effect is a bad thing, decades of preventing small fires leads to the accumulation of undergrowth, that fuels massive superfires today
oBgG7 TIL having mercury fillings removed isn't recommended unless medically necessary. When they drill out the old filling to replace them, it creates mercury vapors you can unintentionally inhale. The FDA recommends keeping the fillings unless you believe you suffer from a mercury sensitivity.
oRB9E TIL that the iconic Lord of the Rings poster—one of the best-selling posters of all time—was drawn at the age of 17 by Jimmy Cauty, one half of The KLF.
GX1g TIL in 1524, a statue of the Virgin Mary was found guilty of being a witch and burned.