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TIL After Mario Puzo won an Oscar for writing the screenplay for The Godfather, having had no prior experience writing screenplays, he bought a book on screenwriting. The book's instruction was basically "Study The Godfather"

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QJQGE TIL There's a Swedish eSports team where all of the members are between 62 and 81. Playing Counterstrike online has helped them to improved their mental agility.
NXOnb TIL only one Navy ship in active duty have sank an enemy ship: USS Constitution. (also the oldest active Navy ship)
eBX6 TIL that Ernest Hemingway survived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, a fractured skull, and more.
X75k TIL John F Kennedy ordered 1,200 Cuban cigars hours before he authorized a U.S. trade embargo which subsequently made them illegal
0wRm5 TIL former supreme court justice James McReynolds was blatantly anti-Semitic. He refused to speak to Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish member of the Court, for three years & habitually left the conference room whenever Brandeis spoke. He also left the courtroom whenever a female lawyer argued a case.