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TIL renowned movie critic Roger Ebert briefly dated Oprah Winfrey

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8a8yX TIL that one of the most famous lines in movie history, "You're going to need a bigger boat" from Jaws, was actually an ad-lib on set; furthermore, the audience screams at test screenings obscured the line, leading to a longer pause before hearing the line.
W7NkN TIL that the highest rated book by an american author on Goodreads is Words of Radiance at 4.76
b9D6j TIL researchers have found that the ‘spring forward’ to daylight savings time (i.e. putting your clocks forward an hour) causes a 6% increase in fatal car accidents in the US during the workweek following the adjustment, and results in about 28 additional deaths each year.
8anZa TIL that Mortal Kombat 3 was the only Game Boy game ever to be rated M by the ESRB
7rOPb TIL about the mid-Atlantic or transatlantic accent. It was not a natural accent; it was generally taught to actors and the upper class in north eastern American society. Many news reels from the 30s and 40s reek of it. Transatlantic accent fell out of vogue after World War 2.