Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

Lost Girls 

Amy Ryan stars as Mari Gilbert in this 2020 crime drama based on the 2013 New York Times bestseller titled "Lost Girls: An Unsolved Mystery". Mari Gilbert took part in uncovering a serial killer mystery after her daughter was abducted and the police did nothing about it. Her personal investigation eventually led to the grizzly resolution of the real case. 

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The More You Know

  • 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.
  • The last movie ever rented at a corporate Blockbuster was "This Is The End" at a store in Hawaii.
  • The glass winged butterfly lacks colored scales, which makes its wings transparent and helps it avoid predators.
  • After Hitler ordered the deportation of Denmark's Jewish population, Danish citizens organized a massive evacuation of the Jews to neutral Sweden, despite the risks. In the end, 99% of Danish Jews survived the Holocaust.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.