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TIL that there is a military-only resort on Disney property in Florida that charges guests based on their rank.

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R5o57 TIL before David Huddleston was cast as "Big" Jeffrey Lebowski, the Coens considered Robert Duvall(who did not like the script),Anthony Hopkins(who was not interested in playing an American),Jack Nicholson(who was not interested,he only wanted to portray Moses)The Coens' top choice was Marlon Brando
VMb1p TIL that we owe the iconic Star Wars' opening text to Brian De Palma. After seeing an early cut of A New Hope, he strongly complained to George Lucas, calling the movie "non-sense". The idea for an introductive crawling text came from the ensuing exchange.
Z8o8Y TIL that the cover for Death Grip’s debut mixtape Exmilitary, is a picture of a man from an old National Geographic magazine that drummer Zach Hill kept around as a symbol of power, years later finding that it fit the mixtape perfectly and became the official cover in 2011
md5p TIL that San Marino holds a national holiday whenever their national football team scores a goal.
aydA TIL That for every dollar spent on NASA there is an average 7 to 14 dollar ROI for other economies and industries due to innovations