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TIL some of the most successful films of all time, such as the Harry Potter series, were actually financial losses on paper. This is called creative accounting and it's a way for Hollywood studios to avoid paying actors, producers and directors based on net profits.

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e0Pbg TIL of the People's Republic of Korea (1945-1946), the short lived Socialist government of a unified Korea which, based on a network of people's committees, presented a program of radical social change. In the south, the US military government outlawed the PRK on December 12, 1945.
E16Lo TIL that Australian opium farmers have problems with mysterious crop circles in their fields, it turns out that these circles were made by wallabies who got stoned after breaking into the poppy farm and started hopping around in circles.
l7ZD5 TIL that 1984's "The Terminator" was made for a budget of $6.4M -- less than $20M today when adjusted for inflation. By contrast, 2019 bomb "Terminator: Dark Fate" had a production budget of $196M.
6EZww TIL of "Network Decay" which describes how cable television shows drift away from their original intent for the pursuit of ratings. It is why channels like The History Channel now air reality shows and Ancient Aliens.
R74bw TIL that the myth that Spinach is good for low Iron (it actually prevents the body from absorbing it) was caused by a decimal point error in the 1930s that declared it had 10x the Iron concentration of other vegetables (it's average at best)