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TIL Robert Shaw; "Quint", died only three years after he appeared in Jaws at the age of 51

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XmRD TIL that a woman was trapped in her body for 6 years before anyone noticed. In 1966 someone saw that she was trying to smile after hearing a dirty joke. Julia Tavalaro learned to communicate by blinking, became an author, and died at age 68, 37 years after the stroke.
9YbdX TIL COLONEL SANDERS Tried to sell his recipes to other restaurants. His recipe was rejected 1,009 times, When finally in 1952, He sold his secret recipe "Kentucky Fried Chicken" for the first time to the operator of one of the city's largest restaurants.A 6th grade drop out, fired from multiple jobs
wo68Y TIL that the total mass of the asteroid belt is significantly less than Pluto's
epyeg TIL Two of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band died in Motorcycle accidents 3 blocks apart almost exactly 1 year apart from each other.
xV9b0 TIL Carl Jung was an undercover operative (“Agent 488”) for the allies during World War 2. His commanding officer Allen W. Dulles said that “Nobody will probably ever know how much Prof Jung contributed to the allied cause during the war." Dulles later became the first director of the CIA.