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Heinrich, Beethoven’s manservant, one day said to him “Master, where do you get your inspiration from?”

by cringeyjokesman August 10, 2022, 7:22 pm

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What was the inspiration for your username?

by QuestionGuy August 5, 2022, 3:46 pm

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TIL about Eddie Waitkus, who was the inspiration for Robert Redford’s character in “The Natural.” Waitkus almost died in 1949 after being shot by an obsessed female fan. It is one of the earliest recognized cases of criminal stalking

by whatilearned August 3, 2022, 6:18 am

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TIL that Oliver Stone acclaimed director of Natural Born Killers was sued for liable for inciting violence after several real-life couples went on killing sprees and named the film as their inspiration. Famous author John Grisham knew one of the victims and agreed Stone should be held responsible.

by whatilearned July 27, 2022, 9:24 am

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TIl Wozniak has credited watching Star Trek and attending Star Trek conventions while in his youth as a source of inspiration for his starting Apple Inc.

by whatilearned July 22, 2022, 12:25 am

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TIL the boy whose exorcism was the inspiration behind The Exorcist grew up to be a NASA engineer. His work contributed to the Apollo mission in the ’60s.

by whatilearned July 4, 2022, 12:54 pm

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What is the inspiration behind your username?

by QuestionGuy May 15, 2022, 5:31 pm

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TIL that the founder of Celestial Seasonings tea was in an extraterrestrial cult and the ideas from the cult’s source text were the inspiration for the quotes on the teabags.

by whatilearned May 14, 2022, 3:21 pm

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TIL About Old Rip – a horned frog that survived 30 years in a time capsule & was the inspiration for the Looney Tunes frog who sand “Hello my baby”

by whatilearned May 10, 2022, 11:59 am

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TIL James Cameron had a nightmare fever dream while directing his first movie in Rome about an invincible robot hit-man sent from the future to assassinate him, which later led to the inspiration of The Terminator.

by whatilearned May 9, 2022, 6:31 pm

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TIL that the Nazis funded search missions for the holy grail and other mythical objects, which were an inspiration for Indiana Jones

by whatilearned March 9, 2022, 3:20 pm

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Why LinkedIn has so much cringeworthy content about inspiration, Motivation and life lessons?

by QuestionGuy February 21, 2022, 4:11 am

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