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TIL that filmmaker Preston Sturges died of a heart attack in the middle of writing his autobiography. He had planned to title his autobiography "The Events Leading Up to My Death".

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7LEP TIL that most of a woman’s eggs are made during fetal development. So technically, half of you was an egg in your mother when your mother was just a fetus in your grandmother’s womb.
l7NQ7 TIL John Galt, the (anti)hero of Atlas Shrugged, shares his name with a British novelist who was first among authors to discuss the effects of the Industrial Revolution. He was also an early leader of the Canada Company meant to represent the Empire's interests, but he fell into disgrace from debt.
GBwN TIL That the Soul Asylum music video “Runaway Train” had 3 versions in US featuring info on 36 missing children (36 total or 12 per video), 26 children were found after being featured in the video.
QN9a TIL that in Scream, when Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) was stabbed with an umbrella, his pain was real - the second stab missed his safety suit, impacting a fresh wound from open-heart surgery.
l76BK TIL about the NASA Moon Trees, trees that have been to space.