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TIL that Spielberg returned to college in 2002 to finish his film degree. His final assignment was to submit a sample of filmmaking proficiency, he submitted Schindler’s List

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xa0b TIL that half of the uranium used in US power plants comes from recycled Russian nuclear weapons under an agreement that actually runs out this year.
wyRE TIL Nicky Barnes was a notorious drug trafficker who posed on the cover of The New York Times Magazine as “Mr. Untouchable”. Then President Jimmy Carter was so insulted by this he ordered his attorney general to prosecute Barnes right away. He was convicted and sent to life in prison.
PmQw TIL When the BBC tried to trademark the image of the TARDIS, the Metropolitan Police tried to stop them as it is a ‘police’ box. However the court ruled in favour of the BBC because it’s more widely recognised as a time machine.
yVYQV TIL Europa is the smoothest object known in the solar system
7k0O TIL A Bug’s Life, Wall-E, Finding Nemo, and Monsters Inc. were all conceived on a napkin during a lunch