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TIL after “Terminator Salvation” the owners attempted to auction off the rights to the Terminator franchise for $60 to $70 million. The sole bid was from Joss Whedon, who offered $10,000.

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lobba TIL the Claim that the Bond girl who was painted gold died of asphyxiation is false.
jNlMR TIL Mark Twain made a substantial amount of money throughout his career but lost most of it. He lost the equivalent of $9,000,000 on a typesetting machine investment, his publishing company failed after selling only 200 copies of one of his books, & he was forced to sell his house in Connecticut.
a8O0M TIL 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado cost $45 million to construct in 2006, never turned a profit in its 17 years of operation and is set to be torn down in early to mid 2024.
ooNK TIL That comcast billed people for missing and destroyed equipment after hurricane Ike in 2008
0dM4N TIL of the Pratfall Effect, where highly competent individuals tend to become more likeable after committing mistakes while average-seeming individuals tend to become less likeable even if they commit the same mistakes.