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TIL Eric Clapton wrote "Wonderful Tonight" to his wife because they were trying to go out one night and after trying on so many outfits, he told her “You look wonderful. Can we go now?”

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Eg1yd TIL Johnny Depp once joined a film project for the Make a Film Foundation to help realize the dreams of a teen living with stage 4 cancer. Other big names included J.K. Simmons, Laura Dern and Sam Raimi.
D1DeY TIL In 1999, a large fragment of a window fell from the CNA Center and killed a woman walking with her child. CNA Financial paid $18 million to settle the resultant lawsuit. Windows had been cracking since it had been built in 1975 and all of the building's windows were replaced in a retrofit.
J1Mdl TIL about St. James Davis, a NASCAR driver, and how he was attacked by 2 chimpanzees, Buddy and Ollie while visiting his pet chimpanzee in his enclosure." St. James Davis was brutally mauled, resulting in permanent disfigurement and missing extremities."
G57Q TIL Ronald Reagan is the only US president to have been divorced.
E1yW7 TIL Jaws star Robert Shaw rewrote the film's now-famous USS Indianapolis speech. He edited & reordering it, then wrote it into the form it is today. Turning the monologue into something unforgettable.