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TIL that the ghostface costume existed before the Scream movies and was licensed out to be used in them.

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M7BLa TIL a Boeing 747 uses ~4 litres (~1 gallon) of fuel every second
AMNB TIL that in 1954 the economist Armen Alchian was able to figure out what the secret fuel was for the newly developed hydrogen bomb just by looking at the share prices of chemical suppliers on the stock market
69ddJ TIL that the Pointer Sisters sing "I'm so excited" instead of "I'm suicidal". I had always wondered why the song was so happy.
RvN4 TIL George Lucas pitched an ending to ROTJ where Luke helps Vader take off his helmet and then puts it on himself, saying “Now I am Vader. Now I will go and kill the [Rebel] fleet and I will rule the universe”. His co-writer, Lawrence Kasdan, liked the idea, but Lucas decided not to go that dark.
XE7BE TIL of Patty Cannon who was notorious for leading a gang that kidnapped free blacks and sold them back into slavery in what was known as the Reverse Underground Railroad. In 1829, she was arrested for murdering a slave owner and stealing his $15,000.