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TIL, Captain EO was a short film produced for one of the 1st 4D rides. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, written by George Lucas, scored by James Horner and starred Michael Jackson. It was the most expensive film ever produced on a per-minute basis, averaging out at $1.76 million per minute

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J7r1 TIL An orca named Tilikum has killed 3 people including 2 Sea World trainers. Despite all this, he remains in captivity and continues to perform at Sea World.
ep08E TIL when actor Chazz Palminteri was 9yrs old living in the Bronx, he witnessed a mobster get killed in front of his apartment building. He included the incident in a one man play he wrote and starred in that Robert Deniro saw. They decided to turn it into the movie "A Bronx Tale".
nVXP TIL that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams visited William Shakespeare’s house together, and chipped off a piece of his chair as a souvenir.
mXNy TIL that the Star Spangled Banner’s melody was based off a British drinking song called “To Anacreon in Heaven”.
wyBE TIL the groove in the middle of your top lip is called a Philtrum. It’s where your face fused together when you developed in the womb.