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TIL the movie "The Dark Crystal" was bought back from the skeptical studio by Jim Henson and funded its release with his own money.

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P1Olw TIL Mayor Richard J. Daley presented the bluegill fish to then-crown prince of Japan, Akihito, in 1960 as a gift from the city of Chicago. The prince donated the fish to fishery research agencies in Japan but they escaped and became an invasive species. Emperor Akihito apologized in 2007.
e9eb TIL that monarchism is still active in France. Some want to bring back Napoleon’s family (Bonapartists) to rule; others prefer the original royal family (Legitimists and Orleanists).
1aVGr TIL that Bill Murray signed up for the Garfield movie because he thought Joel Coen, of the Coen Brothers, was the writer; however, the writer was Joel Cohen, the man who wrote Toy Story and Cheaper by the Dozen. He still did the movie. And the sequel.
KOmjB TIL Reinhard Heydrich was the architect of "The Final Solution". He was tasked with the deportation of the Jewish Community from Germany and what he came up with has been the one of the most horrific act in the history of mankind.
9d1X TIL When the LIFE board game debuted in the 1860s, it included spaces for Suicide, Prison, Poverty, and Disgrace.