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TIL in 2014, Transformers: Age of Extinction (3rd sequel) was the highest grossing movie that year in China and until then the highest grossing movie ever there.

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Brd9d TIL: The card game Cards against humanity bought an island to preserve wildlife, it was named "Hawaii 2"
b6Oe4 TIL that tobacco smoke enemas were so accepted as a resuccitation treatment for drowning in 1700's Europe that emergency smoke enema kits were placed next to the River Thames in London. Doubts about the utility might also be the source of the expression about "blowing smoke up your ass."
Wkgmo TIL no deaths are necessary for the crime of genocide to have been committed.
gQJW TIL GPS devices sold in USA stop working if they reach an altitude of 60,000 feet or a speed of 515 m/s to prevent them from being used as missile guides
e0mdL TIL after the failure of the 1986 film "Howard the Duck", George Lucas sold some of his assets to recoup the budget, including a computer-animated company to Steve Jobs. That company would go on to become Pixar.