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TIL the volcanic system beneath Yellowstone holds enough lava to fill 11 Grand Canyons.

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loJrB TIL that Marie Curie invented a mobile x-ray machine for usage on the front line during WWI and taught 150 women to use them, she also believed her radiation exposure durinf this time cause her terminal illness not radium.
M7YAm TIL in 1977 George Lucas made a deal with Steven Spielberg, 2.5% of A New Hope's profit for 2.5% of Close Encounters of the Third Kind's profit (George thought Close Encounters was certain to outperform A New Hope). This deal netted Spielberg over $40M dollars. He still earns money from it today.
58eQ TIL That More People Visted US National Parks Than Went To Every Single Disney Park, NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball game and NASCAR race combined.
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