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TIL that the infamous ending to the movie Se7en only came about because director David Fincher was mailed the wrong version of the script.

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oBlbA TIL the 1954 novel "Lord Of The Flies" by William Golding is Stephen King's favorite book
8aWjX TIL that in World War 2 the Japanese made American and Filipino soldiers walk 96.6 km or 60 miles. They were subjected to physical abuse and given little to no food and water. With the death of thousand of soldiers it is called the "Bataan Death March"
XEJBk TIL that no Great White Shark has ever lived longer than 198 days in captivity. Before 2004, 16 days was the record.
DQ1Aj TIL about Cliff Young, a 61-year-old farmer who won the 543 mile (875 k) endurance race from Sydney to Melbourne. Wearing work clothes, he ran without sleeping for five days. Surprised to learn there was a cash reward he shared it with the other competitors. Young credited his win to herding sheep.
4X4Zg TIL that the estate of Jimi Hendrix no longer permits use of his music in films involving the abuse of drugs or alcohol. The last film to do so was ‘Withnail and I’ (1987).