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TIL The Twilight Saga is a higher-grossing movie franchise than the DC Extended Universe

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1W6X TIL David Bowie turned down knighthood
awL0b TIL A prequel to the film Gladiator entered development in 2001, and is still in development as of 2019
AmQg TIL the term ‘footage’ comes from films being measured in feet when being edited in the early days of film making.
d86PZ TIL that researchers at Yale managed to restore some function to disembodied pig brains.
BgoRy TIL that from the 13th to the 18th centuries, animals across Europe were tried for numerous alleged crimes. In 1750, a French donkey was acquitted of bestiality after the local priest testified to her good character. Her owner was executed, but the donkey was pardoned.