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TIL about Rocky, a black bear who served as a paratrooper in the Korean War and is a Purple Heart recipient

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6Eg78 TIL that there was a campaign of intimidation against the making of the Godfather by the mafia, including warnings to "Get the F*** out of town", the theft of 1 million dollars worth of film, and forced edits, this is why we never hear the word "mafia" in the film despite being in earlier drafts
byE0 TIL that virtually all gold mined on the Earth was left behind by meteorite impacts.
8a7ya TIL Mohammad Ali successfully talked a suicidal person threatening to jump off a ledge out of going through with it by saying, “you’re my brother! I love you and I wouldn't lie to you ... I want to help you” to this complete stranger in 1981.
7yDL TIL Director Robert Zemeckis, who has approval over all films in the Back to the Future franchise, says that he will block all attempts to remake or reboot the original film.
woo7E TIL about The Death of The Artist, a performance art piece by Abel Azcona. Azcona invited several entities that had threatened his life and offered them a gun to kill him as Azcona stood on a raised platform.