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TIL Wilson in Castaway was inspired by screenwriter William Broyles's experience when, during a one-week stay on an isolated beach for research, a volleyball washed up on shore.

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R7Zew TIL that if an adult human male lived to 70,he would create enough human waste to fill 4 olympic sized pools.
6E1gm TIL Keiko, the male orca who portrayed Willy in the 1993 film Free Willy was eventually freed in Iceland but did not fully adapt to the wilderness and shortly after died in Norway.
LQgA0 TIL of Captain Thomas Cochrane, who became captain of a post-ship a mere 7 years after his commission as a midshipman. He later was depicted in the naval fiction series of fame, Horatio Hornblower as a pivotal character.
Lk0lv TIL that due to the popularity of television shows such as Criminal Minds, the FBI has a FAQ that states that no job called “profiler” exists and that “despite some popular depictions...FBI Special Agents do not get “vibes” or experience “psychic flashes” while walking around fresh crime scenes.”
neZxo TIL After the Aurora theater shooting, Cinemark spent more than $1 million redesigning and renovating the complex, including combining two theaters where victims were shot into a large, X-D digital viewing room. It provided free tickets to shooting victims, first responders and medical personnel