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TIL after viewing a rough cut of Romancing the Stone & expecting it to flop, the producers of the then-under-development Cocoon fired Robert Zemeckis as their film's director. But RtS was a surprise hit as the 6th-highest-grossing film of 1984 ($115 m) & allowed Zemeckis to make Back to the Future.

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9LdQ TIL Canada’s elite special forces unit JTF2 once earned a US presidential unit citation whilst serving with Task Force K-Bar. Vice admiral Robert Harward, a US Navy SEAL in charge of the task force also stated that the JTF2 team under his command was his first choice for any direct action.
QZ5L TIL of David Shaw, who upon breaking 4 diving world records at Bushman’s Hole, South Africa, discovered the body of a fellow diver from 10 years prior and died himself on a subsequent trip to retrieve the body
kJwYB TIL in an effort to fulfill his wishes to be cremated, Gram Parsons' friends stole Parsons' dead body from LAX, drove it to Joshua Tree, covered it in 5 gallons of gasoline, and set it on fire
j6Ldv TIL That L-O-L-A Lola was a man
wLpJW TIL polar bear hair isnt white, its more likd clear and the light reflections from the sun make it seem white. Also, they have dark black skin instead of the pinkish skin other animals have.