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TIL the US and Australia are geographically almost the same size

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vPad7 TIL for the series finale, the creator of a beloved Mexican TV children’s show wanted to have the main character ran over by a car and killed.
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WkaN TIL that the original idea for Resident Evil 4 was supposed to be a “cool” and “stylish” change in the series. It was canceled and eventually became what we now know as Devil May Cry.
yVl4a TIL the movie Cleopatra cost $350 million adjusted for inflation to make, 3 times higher than Ben Hur. Due to its cost it was considered a box office bomb despite being highest grossing film of 1963.
KYd8J TIL about a 16 year old art student who lost most of her fingers when she plunged her hands into a bucket of plaster until it set. The heat of the chemical reaction caused terrible burns when fellow students and teachers failed to remove the plaster with a hammer. The school was fined only £20,000.