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TIL Steven Soderbergh wrote & David Gordon Green planned to direct an adaptation of "A Confederacy of Dunces" starring Will Ferrell, but after it was delayed in part due to Hurricane Katrina & the murder of Louisiana's State Film Commissioner, Soderbergh pronounced the project "cursed"

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R5kZa TIL: film critics Siskel & Ebert had a policy of never taking photos with popcorn or movie candy because they believed it devalued the seriousness and artistic integrity of films.
epk1J TIL that the ferry "MS Herald of Free Enterprise" departed from Zeebrugge, Belgium on 6 March 1987 with the bow doors still open, causing the vehicle deck to flood and the ship to capsize, resulting in 193 deaths among the 459 passengers and 80 crew on board
LQnV TIL a star named s2 has the fastest known ballistics orbit; it orbits Sagittarius A at 11,000,000mph (2% of the speed of light) and it is also accelerating.
OovmL TIL Horses in Iceland are Half-Wild, Half-Tame. In the summer, farmers herd them into the highlands, where they live without human care for months.
R5DVQ TIL The Great Artesian Basin (GAB), located in Australia, is the largest and deepest artesian basin in the world, stretching over 1,700,000 square kilometres (660,000 sq mi), with measured water temperatures ranging from 30 to 100 °C (86 to 212 °F).