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TIL the lowest grossing movie ever was called “Zyzzyx Road” and only earned a $30 gross. The movie’s budget was $2,000,000.

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Z8eR TIL the lowest grossing film in history made $30, $10 of this was refunded. It is called Zyzzyx Road and it has finally (6 years later) been released as a DVD.
D46e TIL in 2004 the CEO of Smith & Wesson stepped down after it was revealed that he had served 15 years in prison for armed robbery. When asked why he never told anyone, he said “No one asked.”
4XnaN TIL coffee cups and many other items with a "recycling" symbol can't actually be recycled (and what can be recycled varies depending on where you live)
kJ7dm TIL some frogs in South/Central America have the rare ability to become nearly transparent when they're sleeping but look opaque reddish-brown when hopping around. Using light and ultrasound imaging technology they found the frogs concentrate their blood in their liver, draining them of most color.
p8Gle TIL that Navy Seals who carried out the Bin Laden kill mission, forgot to bring a tape measure and had to measure Laden's height by making a six feet tall Seal lie down next to Laden's corpse