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TIL George Lucas thought Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" would out perform Star Wars so he proposed they trade 2.5% of the profit on each other's films; Spielberg took the trade, and still receives 2.5% of the profits from Star Wars.

R7Bwl TIL that during WW2, nickel was so important for producing armour plating that the US stopped using it to make nickels - and used silver instead.
xyr5 TIL that a LEGO brick can withstand 950 pounds of force before breaking.
e004k TIL That Telivison would end at Midnight in the 1960s
mbay TIL Rick and Morty has 100% on Rotten Tomato’s
9wxOB TIL Jack Daniels operates a volunteer fire department