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TIL: Georg Alexander Pick, mathematician who helped Einstein on general relativity, died in a concentration camp

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LZXZ TIL of Otokichi, a Japanese castaway who made landfall in America after surviving for over a year at sea. He was enslaved by the Makah Native American tribe, but eventually found his way to London and joined the British fleet, where he helped negotiate the Anglo-Japanese friendship treaty.
JZlV TIL that in 2009, a researcher at the University of Montreal launched a study into how pornography affects 20-30-year-old men but had to stop research because he could not find a single person who had never watched a sexually explicit video
XE90E TIL the only remake to win an Oscar for best picture is 'The Departed'
6ggl TIL: The producer of the James Bond movies is a woman. She casts Bond, his girls and decides on the stories. Barbara Broccoli is in business for 30 years leading the most successful cinema franchise.
XEaYQ TIL about Vlado Taneski, a journalist who wrote about the women he killed. He was discovered by authorities after he wrote details of the crime in his work that was not released to the public.