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TIL that after 9/11, Martin Scorcese was pressured to remove the Twin Towers seen in the ending of the 2002 movie "Gangs Of New York". Scorsese chose to keep the scene in, saying that "The people in the film ... were part of the creation of that skyline, not the destruction of it."

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OL6R TIL at the Battle of Agincourt, around 5,000 English archers faced off against 10,000 armored French knights and men-at-arms (who had a total force of 30,000 soldiers). The battle resulted in around 10,000 French losses, while the English suffered only 400 casualties.
N7nZ8 TIL William the Silent's second wife had an affair with the father of famous Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens.
v1lRB TIL That famous actor Gary Sinise took over 1,000 children of fallen soldiers to Disneyland, free of charge
GAKy1 TIL that Stephen King decided on the location for the Shining, by opening an atlas and randomly pointing at a location, which happened to be Boulder, Colorado.
4leg TIL Victoria cross recipient Charles Smith Rutherford, single-handedly took 45 German soldiers prisoner. After calmly drawing his revolver he managed to convince the enemy that they were surrounded.