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TIL over half of America’s Fortune 500 companies started during a depression or recession.

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Z8Zya TIL after reading the script for ‘Stop! Or My Mother Will Shoot,’ Arnold Schwarzenegger thought it was so bad that he leaked fake interest in the film to the press to get rival star, Sylvester Stallone, to try to steal the role. It worked and Stallone starred in the critical and commercial flop.
OGgQ1 TIL that Mattel unsuccessfully sued the record label of the band Aqua, alleging their song "Barbie Girl" infringed upon the toy manufacturers trademark and damaged its image.
GYawj TIL the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility's mirror arrays focus light into beams so powerful that they kill thousands of birds a year, setting them on fire in flight
eZe4 TIL Fraggle Rock was HBO’s first original series
ejnb TIL that it would/does cost the US government less money to provide homes to the homeless than it does to leave them on the street.