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TIL When adjusting for ticket price inflation Gone With The Wind is the all time biggest earning film in the US, grossing $1.6 billion domestically which is over twice as much as Avatar earned.

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vPB7D TIL during filming of "The Mandalorian" TV series in 2019, the crew ran out of Stormtrooper costumes. As a solution, they contacted a local Star Wars fan group who showed up in their own handmade Stormtrooper outfits to assist with filming.
E1Xbd TIL Paddy Chayefsky, author of cult film 'Network', was hugely successful in the 50s but by the 70s was out of work, forgotten, and suicidal. The legendary 'Mad as Hell' speech was his own personal thoughts, and reflected his own view of the world at that time.
7rROX Today I learned of a phenomenon called Twin Films. Twin Films are films with the same, or very similar, plot produced or released at the same time by two different film studios. examples include, [Finding Nemo - Shark Tale], [Olympus has Fallen - White House down], [Churchill - Darkest Hour]
JY4YV TIL that only 6 people have been presented the key to the city of Detroit, including Santa, Stevie Wonder, Elmo, and Saddam Hussein.
ko5W TIL A National Geographer photographer was taught how to hunt by a giant leopard seal and fed for 4 days straight