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TIL early test audiences saw a version in which E.T. died on American soil & those people hated it so vehemently that the studio insisted E.T. live, so the final cut shows E.T. leaving for home. Audiences cried "happy tears" & made the film the 4th highest-grossing ever when adjusted for inflation.

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Mek40 TIL that people who take the popular Meyers-Briggs personality test twice have a 50% chance of getting completely different results the second time
WkxM8 TIL hyenas are not dogs or canines. In fact, they are feliforms, genetically more closely related to cats than dogs, and their resemblance to canines in appearance and behavior is convergent evolution.
XEa5X TIL that not all mosquitoes bite people to suck your blood.
VGnZ TIL scientists asked people to guess who won senator/governor elections (involving candidates they knew NOTHING about) by simply looking at pictures of the candidates faces. The people guessing got it right 70% of the time.
rRLEw TIL when Japanese actor Mako Iwamatsu, voice actor of Aku from Samurai Jack, and Iroh from Avatar, died in 2006, many of his voice roles were taken on by soundalike voice actor Greg Baldwin, who's voice was almost indistinguishable.