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TIL: George Lucas traded 2.5% of "Star Wars" ticket sales with Steven Spielberg for 2.5 % of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" sales. Lucas did this because he was not sure that Star Wars would be profitable. Spielberg ended up making $40 Million from Star Wars.

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rRl7e TIL a man running an ultramarathon was joined by a stray dog for more than 77 miles (125 km) through the Gobi Desert, but he lost track of the dog after the race. With help from 20 volunteers, he finally found the dog after a 2-week search, named him Gobi and brought him back to live in Edinburgh.
XRvk TIL there’s a computer virus called the Zipbomb that is 42kb in size but 4.5pb when unpacked, rendering any machine totally useless in the process
pdx4 TIL that Al-Qaeda has a 5-phase strategy, culminating in the collapse of the US economy due to military overextension. 4 phases are complete.
VMyap TIL the origins of the slogan "Don't Mess with Texas" was a litter campaign. Printed on street signs, it reduced litter by 72% within a few years.
m4LO TIL that ice cubes found at the Chinese KFC chain were 12 times dirtier than toilet water-and 19 times the national bacteria level standard