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TIL that the son of Gravity movie director released a short that tells the real “sad” story behind Sandra Bullock’s character stranded in space connecting with an Eskimo shepherd and his dogs on Earth.

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Oo8bL TIL violent crime in New York City has been dropping since 1991 and as of 2017, is among the lowest of major cities in the United States. In 2017, there were 290 homicides, the lowest number since the 1940s.
MMxA TIL that a 92 year old man named Hyman Strachman pirates movies and then sends them overseas to soldiers, using his own money. He has sent over 300,000 discs so far.
7rDGL TIL the X button on a PlayStation controller is actually called the cross button
MeWe7 TIL the band Jefferson Airplane whose arguably most famous song "White Rabbit" was used in the trailer for "The Matrix Resurrection" was formed in 1965 after singer Marty Balin invested in opening a club called "The Matrix".
Mew17 TIL Producer George "Shadow" Morton wrote the song "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" in his car in one night, only to prove to fellow producer Jeff Barry that he was indeed a "song-writer". The song, played by The Shangri-Las, went on to become #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100