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TIL that Steven Spielberg dropped out of university when he was just a few credits short of graduating. Three decades later he returned, passing his advanced filmmaking class by submitting Schindler’s List.

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a8JmM TIL Andrew Carnegie became one of the richest Americans in history before donating most of his wealth to charity. However, at his childhood job in the mid-1800s, he earned only $1.20 for 72 working hours. In 2023 dollars, Carnegie earned around $46 per week or 63 cents/hour.
jNZoR TIL Nintendo sold more Nintendo Switch consoles in its first year than Wii U consoles in its entire lifetime.
vk8r TIL that the production crew for the Rugrats cartoon would often create extremely graphic and lewd storyboards for faux episodes as in-jokes. One such storyboard involved Tommy having sex with his parents.
rNG4e TIL the original Super Mario 2 was deemed too difficult & included things like poisonous mushrooms & warps backwards,. This became "The Lost Levels' while the American market received a ported version of a game called Doki Doki Panic rebranded to "Super Mario 2"
REB7 TIL that Dr. Dre was filmed using airsoft replicas instead of real firearms in “Training Day,” possibly because the film’s armorer couldn’t get permits for him due to his criminal record.