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TIL Paranormal Activity had a budget of $15K and earned $193 million at the box office, giving them a return of $12,867 per $1 dollar spent

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p8VLA TIL Unabomber Ted Kaczynski said, in a letter, that he would stop the killing if his manifesto were printed. The Washington Post printed the 35,000 word essay, at which point Kaczynski's brother recognized the writing style and turned him in.
b66JN TIL that the acronym Gestapo was created by a postal clerk who needed the name of the Geheime Staatspolizei to fit on a standard-sized postal stamp.
jNl6N TIL that Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians to ever live and certainly the most prolific, completed about half of his life’s work completely blind
egdg TIL King Harald of Norway vowed to remain unmarried for life unless he could marry his true love, the daughter of a cloth merchant. She became the Queen of Norway.
grxmW TIL Canada and the U.S. Celebrate Labour Day on the same date!