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TIL The Super Bowl can generate anywhere from $230 million to $475 million in economic impact for host cities.

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RDrQ TIL during the filming of the scene in “The Professional” involving all of the police cars on the street, a man ran from a store he had just robbed. When he encountered the movie set by accident, he saw all of the “police” and gave himself up to a bunch of uniformed extras.
v1daD TIL about James Christopher Harrison, an Australian blood donor whose rare plasma composition has helped in the treatment of Rhesus disease. In May 2018 he made his final donation (1173rd) at the age of 81 after having saved 2.4m babies during his lifetime as a donor.
d9MK TIL that during a US nuclear test, a 2000 lb steel plate was blasted off the top of a test shaft at a speed of 41 miles/second. That is six times escape velocity.
Ooojg A scene in the Rogue One trailer shows the assembly of the Death Star. How fast was the dish piece moving?
grYX8 TIL M. Night Shyamalan wrote the screenplay for Stuart Little.