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TIL "Jaws" is not the name of the shark, in the movie or the book. The author (Peter Benchley) chose the title 20 min. before the book went into production, after mulling over ~125 other options. When asked "What does [Jaws] mean?" Benchley said "I don't know, but it's short & it fits on a jacket."

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