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TIL The Ghostbusters went up against C'thulu and the Necronomicon.

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rRVl0 TIL that FIVE movies sold more than an estimated 135 million tickets in North American; Titanic 135.5 million ; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 141.8 million ; The Sound of Music 142.5 million ; Star Wars (Episode IV) 178.1 million and Gone with the Wind 202.3 million (the full list is in the link)
eOJg TIL: The President of Belarus introduced a new law in 2014 that prohibits collective farm workers from leaving their jobs willingly. He later admitted that the law is very much like medieval serfdom.
4XeYb TIL that a guy called Xia Boyu lost both his legs climbing Mt. Everest after giving his sleeping bag to a sick teammate. Aged 69 he tried it again and became the second double amputee to scale Everest.
RN4a TIL that despite consistently losing double blind taste tests, Coca Cola owns nearly double the market share of Pepsi.
xVM1D TIL parakeets are not neraly as dangerous as vending machines!