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TIL Hitler gave orders to destroy Paris on the eve of the allied liberation in 1944 but the Nazi General in command deliberately ignored the order

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loAw7 TIL the 2006 movie Idiocracy was released in only 7 cities and expanded to 130 theaters rather than the typical 600, the film's distributor was entirely absent in promoting it, and while posters were released to theaters, no movie trailers, no ads, no press kits, and only two stills were released.
LkVmd TIL Judge Judy makes $47 million a year ($900,000 per work day)
a8A0J TIL about a mass-produced 28-cylinder radial piston engine that was created during WWII and were made by hand before computer aided design or advanced 5-axis milling machines. It sported 71.5L outputting roughly 4,300 hp (3,200 kW)
69NrJ TIL the song 'Human Nature' by Michael Jackson was originally written by the band Toto for their album, 'Toto IV'. The only reason the song officially became Michael's is because Quincy Jones heard Toto's demo of the song and suggested that it would fit better on Michael's album, 'Thriller'.
KxWB TIL Dr. Seuss once wrote a Warner Bros. film called Going Home, that was banned because it accidentally predicted the Manhattan Project