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TIL James Cameron earned $350 million from Avatar (2009) which is the biggest financial haul ever for a movie director from a single film.

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a8AY0 TIL: A Single Watermelon Once Sold For $6100
l7MBB TIL the Japanese baseball team the Chunichi Dragons has a Koala mascot named Doala the Koala.
knaB TIL Mr. T attended the premiere of Rocky 3 with his mother. During the scene where he yells lurid remarks at Adrian, his mother turned to him and said “I did not raise you to talk to a lady like that.” She then stormed out of the theatre.
e0EY4 TIL People have “stripes” that glow under UV light. German dermatologist Alfred Blaschko discovered Blaschko’s Lines in 1901, which show the migration of embryonic skin cells. The lines aren’t normally visible unless the person has a skin disorder such as chimerism.
EbyW TIL that movie theater popcorn costs more per ounce than filet mignon in U.S.A.