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TIL at Live Aid Bono noticed that a girl was being suffocated in the crowd, tried to get security to help her out, but when they didn’t understand what he meant, he jumped off the stage and helped security pull her out. She later said that Bono saved her life that day.

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gKvy TIL the film trucks used on the film “The Warriors” were “protected” by a real gang called The Mongrels for $500 a day. A member of the gang approached the film crew and said “we’d love to protect them for you.” A gang mediator from the police department told the crew to pay them.
oDZ8 TIL Apollo 13, was filmed on board reduced gravity aircraft to show realistic weightlessness, but along with it’s combination of CGI and small scale props it lost “Best Visual Effects” to Babe at the Academy Awards.
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