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TIL Titanic is the only movie to earn $1 billion that is not part of a franchise or based on preexisting intellectual property (i.e. Barbie).

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epN8L TIL In 2010, Texas Stadium (former home of the Dallas Cowboys) was demolished by an 11 year old contest winner.
vbQ8 TIL that after the price of Sega Saturn was revealed to be $399, Steve Race (Sony Computer Entertainment America President) took the stage at E3 1995 and only said 3 numbers in his keynote speech : $299 and walked off. The crowd erupted.
oBW6R TIL a German filmmaker once asked Carthusian monks for permission to film a documentary of their lives. They responded affirmatively 16 years later and the film took 5 more years to complete.
JjZm TIL Jamie Hyneman, co-host of Mythbusters, created a robot for Robot Wars named ‘Blendo’ which was so powerful, it tossed bits of enemy competitors out of the arena, and damaged arena walls.
BrjOd TIL in 2008 Teddy who shows up in Mr. Bean was sold in a auction for only £180 when the museum who Rowan Atkinson had gifted Teddy to had closed down