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TIL the 5th highest-grossing film of all time is a Chinese kids movie released this year (2025)

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oBRGL TIL the first Space Shuttle was to be named "Constitution", but after a major letter writing campaign by fans of Star Trek, its was renamed to "Enterprise".
lOoa TIL the famous party song, “Fight for Your Right” by the Beastie Boys, was actually a parody of the party lifestyle. Mike D commented, “The only thing that upsets me is that we might have reinforced certain values of some people in our audience when our own values were actually totally different…”
rNJj4 TIL that the old testament was not written with the same hebrew alphabet that is used today. It was written using the paleo-hebrew alphabet.
1ajKD TIL that there is a deadly stream in England that accelerates water from a 30-foot-wide river through a small gap called the Bolton Strid. Rumor has it that no one who fell in has ever gotten out alive.
KObjw TIL: Today in 1861, Sarah Seelye, at age 17, enlisted in the Civil War disguised as a man to escape an unwanted marriage. Ironically, part of her duties involved penetrating Confederate lines "disguised" as a woman. She deserted the army after contacting malaria and resumed life as a female in 1863.