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TIL Architects tried to raise $2.9 billion to build Minas Tirith, the city in "Lord of the Rings"

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nWVoB TIL on rare occasions, childrens' lemonade stands in the U.S. have been shut down due to not having a business license or permit. One such incident happened in Overton, Texas in 2015 and when the child's mother tried to get a permit, she was told she would be required to have her kitchen inspected.
xVyR1 TIL: The last major motion picture to receive a VHS release was David Cronenberg's 'A History of Violence'
E1vvo TIL that two of the biggest moments of the 20th century - the first successful climb of Mt. Everest and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - happened within a week of each other and made international news on the same day
awgrJ TIL To promote “The Room”, Tommy Wiseau personally spent $5,000 a month on a highway billboard advert for 5 years. This is in spite of the fact that the film only played for 2 weeks in the summer of 2003. Wiseau kept promoting it for years after it closed.
WkE64 TIL that the Nirvana drummer / Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl once filled in for a sick drummer of the band Cage The Elephant. He had one day to learn the songs after only hearing them a few times and played them perfectly.