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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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8aVxV TIL that the most prolific actor of all time is Eric Roberts, with 604 film/TV roles and counting. He is the elder brother of Julia Roberts and father of Emma Roberts.
mx7PR TIL while fighting in WWII, Max Spencer Adler was shot out of the sky and imprisoned by the Nazi’s. After surviving and returning home, he would go on to create the store we now know as Spencer’s (Gifts).
P109L TIL about a cat named Room 8 that lived in a public school for 16 years. During his time their he would disappear during the summer and return, like clockwork on the first day of school. He became so well known that poems and songs were sung about him.
vPGjj TIL contemporary hunter gatherers in Tanzania were estimated to have consumed as much as 100 grams of fiber per day.
pYvLO TIL - The Middle Ages had retirement homes, where seniors could buy residence for the rest of their lives at a monastery with food, shelter and clothing included.