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TIL the shark in Jaws was named Bruce, after Spielberg’s lawyer

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ADaGo TIL That the indigenous San people of Africa created a “code of ethics” for the researchers who want to study them.
awDeb TIL There was a special counsel appointed to investigate the finances of Jimmy Carter's family peanut business. After a year and a half the investigation concluded in a 239 page report that there was no evidence that Carter had done anything illegal.
GRQG TIL that the vulture population in Gettysburg grew significantly after the civil war battle and the vultures that remain there are descendants of the ones that fed on soldiers.
d5mj TIL that there were two New York brothers who were severe hoarders through the 1940s. One of them took care of the disabled other. The healthy brother set up booby traps all around the house to keep outsiders away, which led to the accidental death of both of them.
WkGwd TIL that the first American to die in Vietnam was actually murdered by a fellow soldier in 1956. Richard B. Fitzgibbon Jr. gave candy to local children when he bumped into a drunk colleague that shot him on sight. It took 43 years for his name to be added to the Vietnam War Memorial.