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TIL that the Movie “Paranormal Activity” cost less than $15,000 to make but grossed over $193,000,000.

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4koK6 TIL the fastest internet speed ever recorded was 319 terabits per second (Tbps) achieved in June 2021. This speed is about 7.6 million times faster than the average home internet speed in the US, and would allow for the download of almost 80,000 movies in a single second.
6ErD8 TIL that Spider webs were used as bandages in ancient times.
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Pmvw TIL That an Ohio judge sentenced a woman to sit in the smelliest area of a garbage dump for 8 hours, for animal abuse. “If you puke, you puke.”
l1ZN TIL that a movie was made in 1980 that was so graphic and realistic that the director was arrested on charges of making a snuff film.