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TIL Puerto Rico is only 100 miles across

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v1OGD TIL when John Williams first played Steven Spielberg the theme song for 'Jaws,' the director laughed and thought it was a joke. He then asked Williams if he could try something a little more swashbuckling, but luckily the composer was able to convince him otherwise.
KBnQ TIL EINSTEIN once declared that his second greatest idea after the theory of relativity was to add an egg while cooking soup in order to produce a soft-boiled egg without having an extra pot to wash.
AAOw TIL in 1923, Jack Trice, the 1st Black football player for Iowa St., suffered severe injuries by opposing team Minnesota. He continued to play after a broken collarbone & being trampled upon. 2 days later he died from his injuries. Iowa St. refused to play Minnesota until 1989.
5YLZ9 TIL that the name Mercedes was the name of the daughter of an entrepreneur Emil Jellinek who worked with the Diamler Motors Corporation and helped create the Mercedes 35hp in 1900
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