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TIL that the famous horror film "The nightmare on elm street" is actually based on a true story. The director claimed of a young boy who saw a mysterious creature trying to kill him in his dreams. Days after trying to stay awake, the boy screamed, then died in his sleep

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PYgve TIL that the Bald Eagle (the national bird of the United States) is one of the greatest conservation success stories ever. Populations dwindled in the 1900's due to the insecticide DDT which caused eggs to break. After the banning of DDT, eagles can now be found in 49 out of 50 US states.
5r5n TIL On average, a 20 year old uses 20% of their strength to get out of a chair, and an 80 year old uses 80% of their strength
JYxW4 TIL Stieg Larsson, author of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' part of the Millennium trilogy, died in 2004 due to a heart attack. The Milennium trilogy was published posthumously & has sold over 80 million copies today.
xJ4k TIL the TV series Captain Planet was the first children’s show to deal with HIV-AIDS. The episode involved a villain brainwashed a community, making them think HIV could pass on just by casual contact, making the entire town hate a young man infected by HIV, voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.
1aydO TIL that, despite scathing reviews, every successive film in the Resident Evil franchise has made more money globally than the previous film (with the exception of Resident Evil: Retribution). The series has made more than $1 billion total and 4 out of 6 of the films opened at #1 in North America.