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TIL New Line Cinema gambled their entire company on the success of the Lord of The Rings franchise, by committing to all three films for > $270M up front.

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yQ0Lw TIL that scientists were surprised to learn about the frequency of the earth's magnetic field reversals, which has flipped 26 times in the past million years
VEK4 TIL there is a Nepali boy who plans on meditating forever, and has already meditated for years.
OGE8a TIL charging any additional fees for debit cards is illegal in the US. Convenience fees/cash discount price cannot be different from the debit card price.
lEMA TIL Bayer Pharmaceutical knowingly shipped out HIV-tainted blood transfusions to Hemophiliacs in countries such as France, Spain and Japan during the 1980s. They eventually paid millions out in lawsuits but no Bayer executive was ever charged with a crime.
XElVD TIL, during the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War, Russian Navy laid a total of 4,275 naval mines. Russia’s mines sank more Japanese Navy warships than any other weapon used by the Russian Navy, during the war.