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TIL director Brad Bird was inspired to make the movie "The Iron Giant" after his sister Susan was murdered by her husband, who shot her. His pitch was "What if a gun had a soul, and didn't want to be a gun?

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5VlXR TIL about the story of Phyllis (Alexander's wife) and Aristotle (Alexander's tutor). Phyllis allegedly seduced Aristotle, forced him to kneel on the ground and rode on him while whipping and verbally degrading him.
eaen TIL: More than 3,000 people have leapt to their death from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, but out of the 26 people who survived the jump, all 26 reported that the moment they leapt from the bridge, they regretted their action and wanted to live.
KVJ4 TIL that in 1948, the citizens of Nanking, including the mayor himself, raised a very large sum of money for John Rabe after learning that he was in poverty in occupied Germany, because of his efforts to stop the atrocities during the Nanking Massacre in 1937 within the Safety Zone.
AyPd TIL of Swansea Jack, a black retriever that lived in Newfoundland, Canada in the 1930’s. The dog is credited with rescuing an estimated 27 people from drowning during his seven-year lifetime. He was named ‘Dog of the Century’ in 2000
4X0b6 TIL In the German city of Wolfsburg, created for Volkswagen workers, there is a football club owned by Volkswagen, which plays at the Volkswagen stadium and which was coached by a manager called Wolfgang Wolf