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TIL The Suffragettes Pursued a Surprisingly Violent Campaign of Bombing and Arson from 1912 to 1914

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XEKDX TIL while promoting Astro Boy during his visit to The United States in 1964. Osamu Tezuka was able to meet Walt Disney on opening day of the 1964 New York World's Fair. Tezuka and Walt briefly discussed about working on a movie together, but the plan quickly fell through after Walt's death in 1966.
4kvoJ TIL that Jackie Robinson so loathed the idea of playing outside of New York City that he accepted a Vice President of Personnel position at another iconic New York institution, the Chock Full o’Nuts coffee chain, instead of moving with the Dodgers to Los Angeles.
OoWlY TIL that Guillermo Del Toro introduced James Cameron to the Alita: Battle Angel manga in the 90's, which he fell in love with and then strived to adapt into a movie ever since by making Titanic and Avatar, in order for SFX tech to evolve enough that adapting the manga would be possible
4k7a TIL that the language spoken by Leeloo in film 5th Element was invented by director Luc Besson and refined by Milla Jovovich. By the end of filming they were able to have full conversations in this language.
v1PR7 TIL that 2 Chilean artists built a home entirely out of glass after their previous home was destroyed in an earthquake