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TIL: Harvard College and Harvard University are both accurate names (but not interchangeable); the former is the undergraduate program and the latter is the grad schools

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a8nxo TIL that Rolls-Royce, a BMW subsidiary, has no direct connection to Rolls-Royce-branded vehicles manufactured prior to 2003. Volkswagen's Bentley is the direct successor to Rolls-Royce. Volkswagen sold the brand name and logo to BMW.
gGGW TIL Lee Fierro, who played the mother of Alex Kintner in Jaws, walked into a restaurant that sold an “Alex Kintner sandwich.” The owner ran out to meet her, and he was none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who played her son. They had not seen each other since the original movie shoot.
awlRb TIL that songwriter Robert Sherman was struggling to write a catchy song for Julie Andrews to sing in Mary Poppins. When Robert's son received the polio inoculation, and he discovered the medicine was put on a sugar cube, he was inspired to write "A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down."
DQovg TIL Johnny Cash was born J.R. Cash, as his parents compromised on his name. His mom wanted John, his dad wanted Ray. When he joined the Air Force, they wouldn't let him use just initials, so he adopted the name John R. Cash. He used "Johnny Cash" after being signed to Sun Records.
6EO8Z TIL Dan Aykroyd conceived "Ghostbusters" as a project for himself and John Belushi. They would travel through time and space to combat a host of demonic and supernatural threats. Following Belushi's death, however, Aykroyd was paired with Ramis to rewrite the script set in New York City.