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TIL The Typical U.S. Home Changes Hands Every 13.2 Years

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kJbvm TIL - in the TFF song Everybody Wants to Rule the World, the line "so sad they had to fade it" was a dig at a producer for trying to shave 5 seconds off their other track Shout, in order to make it a hit
4kZKw TIL Nicholas Meyer, who got credited with revitalizing and saving the Star Trek franchise by directing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), had virtually no knowledge of Star Trek and had never seen a single episode of the show when approached to direct the film and rewrite the script.
a8OeM TIL about Edgardo Greco, an italian mafioso who beat two rival gang members to death and fled to France to escape law enforcement. He went on to become a successful pizzeria owner before getting caught more than 30 years later after posing for a newspaper featuring his prized restaurant.
gno8 TIL that the drug cartels are capturing technicians and making them build a private cell phone network
KY9PE TIL the most expensive single scene shot on the entire run of The Office was Jim & Pam's proposal scene which cost $250,000 and lasted 52 seconds. The gas station set was built in about nine days in a parking lot. It had a four lane racetrack around it with 35 precision drivers on it.