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TIL that George Lucas was so sure that Close Encounters of the Third Kind would out perform Star Wars at the box office that he proposed to Steven Spielberg that they trade 2.5% of the profit on each other’s films. To this day Spielberg receives 2.5% of the profits from Star Wars.

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BrkbL TIL The band KISS had to change their logo in Germany because the letters SS too closely resembled the "s-bolts" logo of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel forces. It is illegal to domestically distribute or publicly use symbols from the Nazi party in Germany.
wow97 TIL Jason Segel wrote the Dracula rock opera from forgetting Sarah Marshall as a serious project after a real break up, Judd Apatow told him "You Can't Play This For Anybody"
WkJJX TIL More than a dozen people who witnessed Michael Jackson's final six hour rehearsal the day before he died – from his promoter to his choreographer to his musicians – all agree on one thing: Jackson was better than he’d ever been. He was singing and out-dancing the young pros that surrounded him
VLPG TIL The Australian Navy is enticing female recruits by paying for their boob jobs. The benefits are reserved for female sailors who suffer psychological complexes due to their bust size. Each boob job costs $10,000, the funds of which come from Aussie taxpayers.
D1JRD Til that Frank Zappa was once pushed off stage by a jealous fan almost killing him and resulting in permanently lowering his voice