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TIL The Lord of the Rings films originally would have been released by Disney via Miramax but they chose not to fund it due to costs. They let New Line Cinema have it on the condition they pay $10M in "turnaround" costs. The LOTR trilogy will later on gross over $2.9B at the global box office.

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dd18 TIL when Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer discovered they were earning more than their costars, they gathered the other four “Friends” cast members and approached the producers as a group to demand equal pay. Aniston and Schwimmer agreed to a pay cut so the other four would be paid fairly.
165b7 TIL Cher's "Believe," released in 1998, was the first song to utilize Auto-Tune's now ubiquitous vocal warping vocal effects that experienced massive commercial success
lD71 TIL a man got to push the detonator on the old Woodrow Wilson Bridge demolition because he won a contest for having the shittiest commuter experience with the bridge.
kbZm TIL that the vault at Fort Knox has an escape tunnel in case somebody gets locked in.
yAVa TIL the Hershey’s Kiss Christmas bells commercial has run every year since 1989