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TIL that toward the end of his career, acclaimed film director Sam Peckinpah, whose work includes The Wild Bunch, Ride the High Country, and Straw Dogs, was so desperate for money as a result of his drug habit that he agreed to direct a movie based on the 1975 trucker novelty song "Convoy."

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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
b6gAZ TIL Mary Ann Cotton (1832-1873) Was Britain’s First Documented Serial Killer
rR6WM TIL that November 9th is often called the 'Day of Fate' in German history - Robert Blum's death in 1848, Kaiser Wilhelm's abdication in 1918, Einstein's Nobel Prize win in 1922, the Munich Putsch in 1923, Kristallnacht in 1938 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 all occurred on the same date.
GG6Q TIL Texas Billionaire T. Cullen Davis hired a hit man to kill his wife which caused the death of his stepdaughter. He later was caught on tape arranging for a hit man to kill his wife and the judge overseeing his divorce proceedings. He was acquitted both times.
PABE TIL that internet censorship is pervasive in South Korea including blocking of sites critical of the government, pornography, sites related to North Korea, and copyrighted material