Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

Moneyball

Based on Michael Lewis's 2003 book titled "Moneyball", this movie tells the story of the Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane when he joined forces with a genius named Peter Brand to transform a failing baseball team into a success story. Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt) shifted the focus of the industry from emotionally drafting players to simply drafting players based on their statistics alone. 

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The More You Know

  • The world's most densely populated island is the size of two soccer fields.
  • The first commercial airplane flight lasted 23 minutes.
  • A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
  • Maine is the only state that has a one-syllable name.
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