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TIL when asked about where his bizarre ideas come from, Stephen King explained ‘I have the heart of a small boy … And I keep it in a jar on my desk.’

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1a8o4 TIL Mosquitoes caused the death of almost half of all people who have ever lived
oB0JY TIL in 2017 a competition for independent filmmakers was organized to submit treatments for music videos for one of three Elton John songs from the 1970s in celebration of his fiftieth anniversary of his songwriting relationship with Bernie Taupin. The winners feature on YouTube as official videos.
WGyd TIL there is a mathematical formula that suggests that the emergence of life is inevitable
LQbKv TIL that when "The Incredibles" was in production, early footage was shown to a visiting Hayao Miyazaki. When asked if he thought it made sense or was just "American nonsense", Miyazaki replied through an interpreter, "I think it's a very adventurous thing you are trying to do in an American film."
N7WZ1 TIL the funeral of Japanese musician Hide was attended by 50,000 fans, not including the 10,000 who attended his televised wake. His death resulted in numerous suicides including one at his funeral. One person died in a car crash and around 200 people were hospitalised due to exhaustion and heat.