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TIL "yt ppl" refers to “white people”

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brZp 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.
78ewZ TIL that the Post-It note was invented by a scientist at 3M who attempted to develop a super-strong adhesive but instead, accidentally created a "low-tack", reusable, pressure-sensitive adhesive
m5dR TIL - Napoleon’s last direct descendant died in 1945 after he tripped over the leash of the dog he was walking and broke his neck - Jerome-Napoleon Charles Bonaparte
aE7L Today I learned Twitter bought Vine for $30 million months before it was even officially released.
M7kPV TIL A 700W microwave draws about 1200W of energy and their efficiency can be as low as 50%