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TIL the live action/animated 2007-15 Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise grossed $1.4 billion against a budget of just $300 million.

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wkvJ TIL Mars Rover “Curiosity” is officially designed by the NASA as “she”.
r0we TIL Christopher Columbus used a lunar eclipse, predicted by European science, to persuade Jamaican natives that he was a God. This convinced them to continue feeding him and his men, at great personal loss.
RKWa TIL that on March 5, 2004, there was a hockey game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Ottawa Senators where there was a total of 419 penalty minutes assessed.
QNLMM TIL Zyzzyx Road is the lowest grossing movie of all time: only six people bought tickets for a total box office of $30
BrXy TIL Wayne’s World was responsible for starting the phrase “that’s what she said” and the “not” joke