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TIL Movie theatre popcorn is sold at a 1275% markup

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VBLX8 TIL that an Indian lawyer sued the Hindu god Rama over mistreatment of his wife Sita
wJxE TIL that Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is the only film in the top 10 worldwide box office this year that is wholly original (not a reboot, remake, sequel, or part of a franchise)
wLAgo TIL that installing air filters in classrooms have surprisingly significant educational benefits. A few months of air filtering dramatically improves test scores.
166nd TIL about Shiranui, or Unknown Fire, an atmospheric ghost light seen in the water off Kyushu, Japan. When approached, the lights appear to get farther away. They were formerly believed to be the lamps of the Dragon God, and fishing was prohibited when they were seen.
ooEW TIL in 2009, scientists discovered that a single, ant mega-colony had colonized much of the world on a scale rivaled only by human civilization, including 1 super colony spanning 3,700 miles along the Mediterranean coast.