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TIL M. Night Shyamalan dropped out of the Life of Pi film because he thought his name would besmirch the movie because it had a twist ending.

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Egbnp TIL after a brutal Union defeat at the Civil War Battle of Olustee in 1864, a train carrying wounded soldiers broke down during the retreat. With no working locomotive, exhausted troops and a few horses had to pull the train 13 miles over 2 days to escape a Confederate pursuit.
VZG8 TIL that it took about 40 years for Poland’s population to return to its 1939 level.