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TIL actress Katherine Heigl made the lowest grossing movie of all time called Zyzzyx Road, which grossed $30 in its opening weekend and 10 of that was refunded, so the final domestic box office gross was $20

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o58o TIL in a dark room, it’s easier to see an object by not looking directly at it but rather next to it because of the distribution of cones and rods.
wQA1 TIL for each new film, a movie is set up as its own corporation, the entire point of which is to lose money. This is so actors, writers, and other individuals who are promised a share of the profits actually earn nothing since the movie, as a corporation, technically lost money.
mxxgY TIL "Médecins Sans Frontières" (MSF), also known as "Doctors Without Borders", is an international humanitarian NGO best known for its projects in developing countries affected by endemic diseases.It provided medical aid in over 70 countries and received the 'Nobel Peace Prize' in 1999.
78GvM TIL that the critically endangered Right Whale got its name from being the right whale to hunt.
rRLvM TIL there is a McDonald's in LA that serves no food. It is strictly for filming when the set needs to be McDonald's.