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TIL the movie Idiocracy (2006) had a budget of $2.4 million and only made $500k at the box office. “Beset by a low budget and no advertising support from 20th Century Fox, Idiocracy almost didn’t happen at all. The fact that it exists is a miracle.”

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6EdlZ TIL that in 1974 Jimmy Carter gave an alumni speech at the University of Georgia Law School. Instead of honoring the alumni, he delivered a speech attacking the injustice in the judicial system so mercilessly that Hunter S. Thompson later named him as one of the three meanest people on Earth.
M7mn8 TIL that after he was removed from command of the HMS Bounty by mutiny, William Bligh was appointed governor of New South Wales. His actions as governor led to him being deposed in the Rum Rebellion, Australia's first and only military coup
xVo8B TIL: There's a Native American lake named Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. It means "you fish on your side, I fish on my side, and no one fishes in the middle." Located in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, it is known more commonly as Lake Chaubunagungamaug or Webster Lake.
KOoGG TIL: Godzilla's roar was created by dragging a resin-coated leather glove along the loosened strings of a double bass.
epWDE TIL that when Blake Lively was offered a role on CW show 'Gossip Girl', she only agreed after being told that she could go to college part-time. Lively later said "This is advice to anyone: when they say, 'We promise, but we can't put it in writing,' there's a reason they can't put it in writing".