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TIL No pixar movie has ever made less than $150million domestically

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8eQpZ TIL of Peter Badcoe, an Australian infantry officer fighting in the Vietnam War who received the Victoria Cross from Australia; then a Purple heart, Silver Star and Air Medal by the USA; and then a National Order plus at least two Crosses of Gallantry by the Republic of South Vietnam.
4XQgo TIL the African continent is peeling apart and a new ocean will form over the course of time.
vDZj TIL that the movies Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, The Adjustment Bureau, Screamers and Paycheck (among others) are all based on short stories by author Philip K. Dick (1928 – 1982)
P1J7g TIL - the 3 Hanson brothers in the movie Slapstick were based on the real Carlson brothers. Steve and Jeff Carlson played Steve and Jeff Hanson. The actor David Hanson played Dave Hanson, based on Jack Carlson.
J11w8 TIL that 100 squirrels were trained over the course of 19 weeks for one scene in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)