Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

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Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schriber, and Stanley Tucci star in this 2015 biopic about the Boston Globe's investigative reporters who uncover the decades-long coverup efforts made by the Catholic church. These reporters discovered that there was a multi-million dollar misinformation campaign led by the Catholic church to suppress their history of abuse charges against priests all over the world. These reporters blew the story wide open.

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The More You Know

  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
  • There's an asteroid that's worth $95.8 trillion.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • The youngest parents in the world were aged 8 and 9.
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