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TIL in Spirited Away, Miyazaki based the river spirit on his own experience of cleaning a polluted river

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PYOkL TIL that Helen Keller was an radical activist, campaigning for the Socialist Party and helping start the ACLU.
pYDmO TIL in 1961 an 11-yr-old girl survived drifting on a dinghy without food or water for roughly 82 hours before being rescued. The captain of her boat had sunk it in an attempt to kill those on board that he hadn't already killed. His wife, her parents & two siblings died. He committed suicide later.
OoxnY TIL Most planes are not able to fly while empty due to balance issues, sand bags and spare tires are used to fix these balance issues
JYJYk TIL Peter Boyle, famous actor known for his roles in “Young Frankenstein” and “Everybody Loves Raymond”, was close friends with John Lennon and made him best man at his wedding
YpjEG TIL one of the six flags in Six Flags is the Confederate flag