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TIL that Zootopia is the second highest grossing original film of all time.

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GAPK7 TIL about the Nazi DirleWanger Brigade in World War 2 which played 'bayonet catch' with live babies among many other systematic atrocities
nen1W TIL Angelina Jolie once tried to hire a hitman to kill her, because she felt that murder would be easier on her family than suicide. The would-be-hitman talked her out of it by asking her to wait a month.
R58ka TIL of the Locked-in syndrome, a rare disorder of the nervous system. People with locked-in syndrome are: Paralyzed except for the muscles that control eye movement. Conscious (aware) and can think and reason, but cannot move or speak
nevxd TIL that Iron Man started filming before the script was finished. As a result, most of the dialog in the movie is improvised because the director felt that it would make the movie feel more natural
xV1d5 TIL that in 1971 the Ford Pinto had a defect where in rear-end collisions, the fuel filler neck could separate and puncture the fuel tank, spraying fuel into the passenger compartment and igniting. Ford knew about this and stayed silent because it cost less to let people die then to recall the car.