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TIL Ridley Scott was set to direct I Am Legend with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the lead, a dialogue free opening hour and an ending in line with Matheson’s original.

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WWy4 TIL that the word lunatic comes from people thinking that the moon could cause madness.
Ylav TIL of Junaluska, a Cherokee leader who saved Andrew Jackson’s life. Jackson later sent the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears from NC to OK, which killed up to 1/3 of them en route. Junaluska survived, escaped twice, walked hundreds of mountainous miles home, and lived well into old age as a Chief.
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