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TIL that the screenplay for Stuart Little (1999) was written by M Night Shyamalan

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b6JO4 TIL When Jane Elizabeth Manning James, an early black Mormon (LDS Church) member, died in 1908, then Church President Joseph Smith spoke at her funeral, where he declared that she would receive all her temple blessings in the eternities and become a "white and beautiful person."
Zm1R TIL in 1998, Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200th or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203th, accepted their challenge and easily beat them, 6-1, 6-2.
M77mB TIL In 1969, an American destroyer named USS Frank E. Evans collided with an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea at 3:00am because the commanding officer was asleep and left two inexperienced lieutenants in charge. The ship turned the wrong way, collided, & sank, killing 74 people
GbA7 Today I learned that Stephen King’s ‘It’ clown appears every 27 years. The original movie aired in 1990. The new remake airs in 2017.
yQb1X TIL that Clara Peller, the actress behind the "Where's the beef?" slogan, had her contract with Wendy's terminated after she appeared in a tomato sauce commercial in which she said "I found it". Wendy's executive Denny Lynch stated, "Clara can find the beef only in one place, and that is Wendy's".